Literary Birthday – 24 February – Conn Iggulden
Happy Birthday, Conn Iggulden, born 24 February 1971.
Conn Iggulden Quotes
- In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.
- I write a thousand words a day and then begin the next day by re-reading it and polishing. As the book gets longer, I re-read each bit about a thousand times.
- There are chapters, even whole books that have come easily. Others are murder.
- From the densest, most obscure bit of literary fiction to something that makes your heart race, it all boils down to this: people care about people…. Understand that and you can write anything.
- I began with fantasy novels and loved the wild flights of imagination. That was a drug to me and a world I wanted to join.
Read The Writers Write Interview – Conn Iggulden
Conn Iggulden is a British author who mainly writes historical fiction. Iggulden read English at London University and worked as a teacher for seven years before becoming a full-time writer. He has written three bestselling historical series: Wars of the Roses, the Emperor, and the Conqueror series. Popular titles in the series include Genghis: Birth Of An Empire
and Emperor: The Gates of Rome. He has co-authored the non-fiction book The Dangerous Book for Boys with his brother Hal. In 2022, he published the first in a two-part series, The Golden Age, titled Lion. His second and final book in the series, which came out in 2023, is titled Empire. He also publishes under the name C.F. Iggulden. Follow him on Facebook.
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