Mr. Sharp, thank you for giving me this interview. So, my first question is, are you happy with your life?
Am I happy? You may know you are the first person to have asked me this question directly. The others dared not because they were afraid I might say yes. They wanted me to say no so that they could make up stories about me.
What kind of stories?
Brian Sharpe, author of over 100 historical novels, lives in a lonely house 30 miles away from Sydney. But is he happy?
Is that why you have refused many interviews?
I'm tired of being told that I must be unhappy because I'm rich and successful. I'm not unhappy.
Understood. And I'm wondering if you follow a similar pattern of writing.
I know what you mean. Do I write similar stories? I say no.
So, how do you create your heroes?
My heroes live? They think for themselves. All their stories are drawn from life, my life, my friends' lives, including my friends in many books.