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When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, ‘This is the basis of a novel.’

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Some critics said, ‘Hey, why are you writing historical novels?’ I say they’re not historical, they’re contemporary, because people walking around who lived through this, even a little bit, they carry it inside. The contemporary isn’t just what you can see now.

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I just have an open mind – that’s the way I live my life, just crossing the bridge when I come to it.

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May 21, 2024

I just have an open mind – that’s the way I live my life, just crossing the bridge when I come to it.

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May 21, 2024

Some critics said, ‘Hey, why are you writing historical novels?’ I say they’re not historical, they’re contemporary, because people walking around who lived through this, even a little bit, they carry it inside. The contemporary isn’t just what you can see now.

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