On an island, anything can happen. In a crime novel, it usually does. Sharon Bolton More Quotes by Sharon Bolton More Quotes From Sharon Bolton I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense. Sharon Bolton judge ego chance people On the advice of my U.K. publishers, I chose a sexless anonymity and published my first five books under the semi-pseudonym, S. J. Bolton. I was happy. I could hide behind a genderless, classless persona and let my creepy, psychological murder-mysteries speak for themselves. Sharon Bolton hide behind speak happy Crime writers adore islands. We love the sense of being trapped within a community apart, where normal codes of behavior, if not ignored, can be allowed to slip. Sharon Bolton crime community behavior love 'The Magus,' usually described as a book for the young, is about learning that the world is a mysterious and limitless place, beyond our control, and all the more exciting - and daunting - because of it. Sharon Bolton place learning book world My first novel, 'Sacrifice,' was set on the Shetland Islands. Sharon Bolton set first sacrifice novel Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names. Sharon Bolton show first next world I've never once corrected someone who got my name wrong. Sharon Bolton wrong name someone never Whenever I find myself in an exceptionally beautiful environment, I can't help asking myself - what lies beneath? I'm fascinated by the idea of a perfect surface concealing a rotten core. Sharon Bolton help myself perfect beautiful
