I love the idea of ordinary women making extraordinary sacrifices.

Impatient men are generous ones. Or haven't you learned that by now?

I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an idea, hone it, and write it. I come up with thirty ideas, flesh each one out, research each one, come up with characters, and then decide I don't like it.

I simply couldn't walk away from [ The Nightingale].

I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that's just because I love these characters. I love the setting.

I love the idea of ordinary women making extraordinary sacrifices.

The answers are what they are. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't true.