“It's very interesting to me that the nationalist movement in Scotland has become…” — Sarah Hall

You always hope you'll surprise somebody with the work. If you write something human and appealing, the perfect reader could be anyone.

I tend to research as I write so that the narrative can take priority, which is important for a piece of fiction, I think, finding out facts as and when I need to.

I've always been interested in wolves, since I was a child. There was a wolf enclosure in a wildlife park very close to where I was brought up; they were the main attraction.

Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.