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My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you'd serve a vampire for dinner.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: About Adult Boyfriend Caught Cool Cool Thing Date Dinner First Fun Had Having Imagining More Much Niece Serve She Thing Thought Up Vampire Very Would You Young Young Adults

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As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every inn had to go out the window. I decided the history in the books should be like spice in a soup - a little went a long way. Like cilantro.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: About Books Decided Detail Every Go Had Historian History Horseback Inn Journeys Like Little Long Long Way Love Out Passages Should Soup Spice Stop Way Whole Window Wood I Love

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I realised that today we are very much interested in reading about subjects that would have also interested people in the 1500s: ghosts, demons and things that go bump in the night.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: About Also Bump Demons Ghosts Go Interested Much Night People Reading Realised Subjects Things Today Very Would

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I'm a professional non-fiction reader, that's what I do. But in my 20s we had our own vampire and witch moment, courtesy of Anne Rice, whose books I read and loved.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: Anne Books Courtesy Had Loved Moment Non-Fiction Our Own Professional Read Reader Rice Vampire Whose Witch

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Magic provides a way of still having room for possibilities, an unlimited sense of what the world offers. Magic is always there when science is found wanting.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: Always Found Having Magic Offers Possibilities Provides Room Science Sense Still Unlimited Wanting Way World

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Films are wonderful but they do fix an identity. I can't read 'Pride and Prejudice' anymore, for instance, without imaging Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: Anymore Colin Films Fix Identity Imaging Instance Prejudice Pride Read Without Wonderful Mr

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I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: About Became Century Interested Intriguing Kinds Magic More Novel People Pretty Reluctant Research Same Science Soon Strange Studied Things Thought Vampire Were Witch Writing

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I couldn't resist hiding some historical details and a few clues relevant to the plot and characters of 'A Discovery of Witches' throughout the pages of the novel.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: Characters Clues Details Discovery Few Hiding Historical Novel Pages Plot Relevant Resist Some Throughout Witches

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Cheap wine is defined by its price, and it depends on personal spending limits. So for me, any wine under $10 is cheap.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: Any Cheap Defined Depends Limits Me Personal Price Spending Wine

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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