Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston

With me it is quite stark: I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.

The letters between Vita and Virginia were some of the first queer historic love letters I ever read, so of course they had to make an appearance. With the historic letters, I wanted to contextualize Alex and Henry within queer history and show that they’re not just two people in love but the bearers of a legacy, one that was often dark and almost always hidden. I always wanted them to feel rooted in the people who came before them.