Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.
I have to admit that WWII France was not at all on my radar for Kristin Hannah.
With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface it seems so different for me.
Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.
Coming up with the idea is the worst part of writing for me.
The women of the French Resistance astounded me. Isabelle and Vianne [from The Nightingale] are my homage to those brave and forgotten women.