Pratham Papneja
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Gennifer Choldenko:
I just loved Al Capone Does my Shirts and I have to ask you one question:- How do you create stories with different environments? To me, creating a story with a prison background and such realistic detail is just fabulous. is there a secret recipe behind your stories? If there is,what is it?
Gennifer Choldenko
Hi Pratham,
Thanks for this great question. My secret? Research. I spent a year volunteering on Alcatraz, read everything about Alcatraz I could get my hands on, and networked with the Alcatraz Alumni Association. I interviewed dozens of people who had been guards on the island, prisoners on the island or who grew up on the island.
Thanks for this great question. My secret? Research. I spent a year volunteering on Alcatraz, read everything about Alcatraz I could get my hands on, and networked with the Alcatraz Alumni Association. I interviewed dozens of people who had been guards on the island, prisoners on the island or who grew up on the island.
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