Anita Shreve is the bestselling author of 17 novels, including The Pilot's Wife, Rescue, and her most recent, Stella Bain. She is based in New England.
Q: How did you come up with the idea for your most recent
novel, Stella Bain, and how did you research it?
A: I had the idea for Stella when I realized that a
character from a previous novel had never really gotten to have her say. Then I
realized the time period I would be dealing with would be WW1, a very large
canvas.
I researched the book by spending time in London at various
libraries and museums, by reading, and by going back to reports written by
original sources in 1919 and in 1920, right after the war.
Q: You've written present-day novels as well as works set in
various historical time periods. Do you have a favorite time period to write
about?
A: I suppose I'd have to say the past is my favorite time
period due to the more fluid prose allowed and the wealth of stories one can
unearth.
Q: When you begin writing a novel, do you know how it will
end, or do you change the plot as you write?
A: Sometimes I think I know how a book will end, but I'm
more and more surprised by how often I am wrong about that. I don't use as
rigid an outline as I used to.
--Interview with Deborah Kalb
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