All you have to do if you're going to write a good novel is write a good novel. Not if you're going to write a good novel. Have these experiences affected the way you write? So many of your stories have been adapted for TV and film, and you've been writing novels even as The White Queen has gone into production.

Read our (slightly edited) conversation here: I recently sat down with Gregory to discuss how her novels were adapted for The White Queen, how she walks the line between entertainment and historical accuracy, and what historians of the future might write about the people of today. They wanted my take on it, so that's what they got.' (Gregory also hosted a documentary called The Real White Queen and Her Rivalsexplaining the unvarnished history behind her series.) Gregory says they're missing the point: 'What wanted was not a historical series based on the documents from the War of the Roses.

The White Queen has been attacked by some critics in the U.K. Though several of her novels have been adapted as miniseries, TV movies, and theatrical features - including The Other Boleyn Girl, which starred Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson - The White Queen is the first time her work has been adapted as a full-blown TV series. Though it's a drama based on history, The White Queen's unique narrative springs directly from the work of a single woman: Philippa Gregory, a writer and historian who has built her career on historical fiction.

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