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Stef Penney is a British author known for her suspense and crime novels. Born in Scotland in 1969, her works have gained popularity among readers.

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Famous Stef Penney Quotes

“I definitely do feel a pull toward people and places that are far from my own life.”

People Feels My Own My Own Life

Author:Stef Penney

“Whenever I pick up a book I think, "Tell me something I don't know."”

Thinking Knows Book Picks

Author:Stef Penney

“Because I work quite slowly, I have to keep myself interested over a long research and writing period. So I can't see myself writing about modern middle-class Londoners anytime soon.”

Writing Long I Can Class Modern Middle Periods Research Middle Class Londoners Research And Writing

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“Gypsies are, to say the least, underrepresented in literature and film.”

Film Literature Gypsy

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“Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first.”

Writing Trying Firsts Long Ideas Enough Novel Ambition Decided Working It Screenwriting

Book:The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

Source: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

“I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.”

Views Point Of View Narrative Devices Chapters Cinematic

Book:The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

Source: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

“If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited.”

Ifs Would Be Novel Stuck

Book:The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

Source: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

“I don't use real people for inspiration.”

People Real Use Inspiration

Author:Stef Penney

“I don't think I could write about someone I didn't feel some sympathy for.”

Thinking Feels Writing

Author:Stef Penney

“Just because we think of wolves (or the wilderness, or another race) as wild and fierce, doesn't mean there isn't another side to them.”

Thinking Mean Sides Race Wilderness Fierce

Author:Stef Penney

“Endings are never neat, because when life goes on, there is no end. You may want to speculate about what the characters get up to afterwards, but I feel it would be presumptuous of me to dictate that.”

Want Feels May Ends Character Would Be Goes On Get Up Neat Life Goes On Presumptuous

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“I love research, and in fact it's liberating because you have to create your own world. No one can say "I've just got back from the 1860s, and you got it wrong." Anyway, it's fiction.”

World Facts Fiction Research Liberating

Author:Stef Penney

“Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.”

Secret Principles Wall Stopping Variation Banging Banging Your Head

Author:Stef Penney

“I despise this weakness in myself - this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action.”

Action Conversation Weakness Endless Despise One Sided

Book:The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

Source: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

“...it just goes to show you can't leave anything behind. You bring it all with you, whether you want to or not.”

Want Shows Behinds Behind You

Book:The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

Source: The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel

About the Author

Born: 1969
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 15

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