Steve Berry Talks History, Research, and Preservation ‹ CrimeReads

How do you go about making history so exciting?

It's simple. Tell a good story. People love stories. But, traditionally, history was taught with facts, figures, dates, and places, most of which is boring. But if you tell a good story, making it fun and interesting, folks listen. The primary goal of one of my novels (or any novel for that matter) is to entertain. The secondary goal is to inform and educate. So as long as I remember to entertain first and foremost, I'm okay.