What is one part of the story that is true to life to your own life or experience?

Paula Hawkins My stories are not autobiographical (thankfully). There are elements of myself, my character, in Rachel in The Girl on the Train and in Jules in Into the Water, there are traces of me in other characters too, but the events portrayed are entirely fictional.

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As many of us know, turning a book into a film doesn't always turn out right, missing details that are written. My question is what is your opinion of the movie remake of "the girl on the train"? Did it turn out how you envisioned whilst writing the novel?

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How do you select the names of your characters?

What type place or surroundings​ you like to be around while you write your books?

As many of us know, turning a book into a film doesn't always turn out right, missing details that are written. My question is what is your opinion of the movie remake of "the girl on the train"? Did it turn out how you envisioned whilst writing the novel?

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