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Niffer
Niffer asked M.C. Beaton:

You have a great way of creating characters who should, by all accounts, be completely unlikeable, but end up being (almost) loveable! Do you draw characteristics from people you meet, or note down things people say to you that sound like something Agatha/The Tribble sisters would say? Or does it all come from your very own brain?

M.C. Beaton It all comes from my weakness of anti heroes or heroines like Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair and from all the thousands of books I have read. The brain is like a computer, you can’t put out what you don’t put in.
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Tracy
Tracy asked M.C. Beaton:

Which book from childhood inspired you most, and does it have an impact on your own writing? Thank you for sharing your wonderful novels.

Carolyn Collins
Carolyn Collins asked M.C. Beaton:

Love Agatha! She makes me laugh out loud. Will she ever be truly happy? Or will she let herself be happy?

Janice
Janice asked M.C. Beaton:

Ms. Beaton, Why do you usually kill off the evil protagonists in the Agatha Raisin series? Do you feel sorry for them for having to pay for their crimes and therefore "mercy kill" them or do you want the evil doers to pay the ultimate price for their crimes?

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