Michele Campbell
Michele Campbell's new novel is She Was the Quiet One.
From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: How did you come up with the idea for She Was the Quiet One, and for your twin characters, Bel and Rose?Visit Michele Campbell's website.
A: I knew I wanted to keep writing about [the] intense relationships between women [I’d written about in my first novel] and dig even deeper.
I read a gripping profile of Lee Radziwill that talked about her fraught, competitive relationship with her sister Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the light bulb went off. I thought – sisters!
In the first draft of the book, Rose and Bel were not twins; they were sisters, one year apart in age, with Rose being the elder. But the age difference unfortunately caused logistical complications in the plot.
My brilliant editor, Jennifer Enderlin, suggested making them twins so they would be the same year in school. I’m so glad she suggested that, because it led to...[read on]
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