Stephen King in the Bookshop

'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

"Writing controlled fiction is called “plotting.” Buckling your seatbelt and letting the story take over, however…that is called “storytelling.” Storytelling is as natural as breathing; plotting is the literary version of artificial respiration." - Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

 

Rosemary Sutcliff in the Bookshop

Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff

"Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story." - Rudyard Kipling