Marti Green is the author of the new psychological suspense novel The Good Twin. She also has written the Innocent Prisoners Project series. She lives in Florida.
Q: How did you come up with the idea for The Good Twin, and
for your identical twin characters, Mallory and Charly?
A: I've always been fascinated by stories of identical twins
separated at birth, who know nothing about the other, and find each other by
accident (actually, the first time I read about such a case was with identical
triplets).
Since I write mysteries and thrillers, I thought, "What
if the reunion wasn't a happy one?" The story flowed from that concept.
Q: You tell the story from different perspectives. Did you
write it in the order in which it appears, or did you focus on one character
first and then another?
A: I wrote the story in the order in which it appears. I
knew I was going to tell it from first Mallory's perspective, and then
Charly's, but other than that, I don't outline in advance. I begin to write and
see how the story develops.
Q: Did you know how the novel would end before you started
writing it, or did you make many changes along the way?
A: I absolutely made changes along the way, and especially
the end. Until I wrote the ending, I went through various possibilities, but
ultimately, it was the characters that led me to the ending I chose.
Q: How was the book's title chosen, and what does it signify
for you?
A: My working title was "Sisters." I chose
"The Good Twin" because I wanted to show that people are capable of
being both good and bad, and so which one was the "good" twin might
change at different points.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I'm working on the last book in the Innocent Prisoners
Project series.
--Interview with Deborah Kalb
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