Katie Bassel asked Diane Chamberlain:

How often do you come up with a title and it's kept? Like THE SILENT SISTER and NECESSARY LIES, were they your suggestions or your editor's? If they changed, what were they originally? Thanks Diane!

Diane Chamberlain Hi Katie! My title is kept about half the time. Of the two books you mention, though, neither was mine. My working title for THE SILENT SISTER was JADE, though I knew that would never be the final title. My editor came up with THE SILENT SISTER, which I really like. I called NECESSARY LIES by the working title STEALING TOMORROW, which I still really love, but my agent and editor preferred NECESSARY LIES and I bowed to their knowledge of the market. Because my books are also published in the UK, it's important that we come up with a title that works in both markets to avoid a problem we've had in the past--two different titles, which confuses readers. So sometimes it's a juggling act, finding exactly the right fit!

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