Kelsey Rae Dimberg is the author of Girl in the Rearview Mirror: A Novel.From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: How did you come up with the idea for Girl in the Rearview Mirror, and for your character Finn?Visit Kelsey Rae Dimberg's website.
A: The idea for the novel came from multiple inspirations: classic film noir, which I was watching obsessively around the time I started the book; the Phoenix setting; a desire to explore social class and privilege.
Finn as a nanny character came to me early, as I tried to think of who might have access to a wealthy family but belong to a different world. The nanny was the ideal role: she has intimate access to the Martins, and she’s almost part of the family—but when it comes down to it, she isn’t.
Q: The novel involves a political family--why did you choose politics as one focus of the novel?
A: Actually, in early drafts, the family patriarch was...[read on]
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