Sarah Waters



Sarah Ann Waters OBE (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.

Affinity (1999)

 * With me and my queer nature, that set me so at odds with the world and all its ordinary rules, I could not find a place in it to live and be content.


 * They will turn my passion into something gross and wrong... It is only love, Helenonly that.