“Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how it feels to be a wife/mother/sister/name your poison in today's world. But this story [The Nightingale ] is told from the perspective of two sisters during the German occupation of France in WWII.” WorldFeelsTwoStoriesTodayMotherNamesWifePerspectiveFrancePoisonOccupationWwiiNightingalesToday's WorldTwo SistersWife Mother Author:Megan Chance
“Honestly, I really didn't want to take on World War II France, but when I came across the story of a nineteen-year-old Belgian woman who created an escape route out of Nazi-Occupied France, I was hooked.” WorldWantYearsWarStoriesHonestlyFranceWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War INaziRoutesHookedNineteenBelgians Author:Megan Chance
“The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding courage - became the inspiration for my novel.” StoriesInspirationNovelHeroismPerilAirmen Author:Megan Chance
“Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of memoirs written by women who had become spies and couriers and helped to create the escape network. These women were like action-star heroes.” StoriesActionFoundStarsWrittenHeroMemoirResistanceFranceDozenSpy Author:Megan Chance
“There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting themselves directly in harm's way to save others. Too many of them paid a terrible, unimaginable price for their heroism. And like so many women in wartime, they were largely forgotten after the war's end.There were no parades for them, very few medals, and almost no mention in the history books.” WayChildrenBookWarEndsStoriesHomeVoiceTerriblePaidForgottenHarmHeroismMedalParadesUnimaginableHistory BooksWartime Author:Megan Chance
“Sometimes a story grabs hold of you and won't let go.” SometimesStoriesLetting Go Author:Megan Chance
“I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.” BelieveStories Author:Megan Chance
“I do not often follow my characters off on tangents or change my story on a whim. I have an outline which I follow quite sternly...for a good long while. Then it turns out in some way to be insurmountably wrong and I am forced to re-think every component. Usually at this point I throw hundreds of pages away.” ThinkingWayLongCharacterStoriesTurnsPagesComponentsOutlinesWhimGood Long Author:Megan Chance
“I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.” WayWritingBookDifferentStoriesFallAirDifferent WaysEfficientUp In The Air Author:Megan Chance
“I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ].” ImportantStoriesPiecesHeroDramaticNightingales Author:Megan Chance
