Cedricsmom
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Megan Abbott:
Hi Megan. I hit return and my question got sent to you before I was done. Anyway, I wanted to ask you what you wrote your Ph.D. dissertation on? I guess you can tell I'm from Ann Arbor :-) All the books you've written and I ask you about your Ph.D. I'm looking forward to the Turnout. I've been an adult ballet dancer for 40+ years now. Cheers!
Megan Abbott
Hello!! Oh, just seeing "Ann Arbor" makes me nostalgic! My dissertation was on hardboiled fiction and film noir and eventually became my first book...
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780...
Reading all the wonderful novels from the midcentury, esp. Raymond Chandler, led to my writing my first novel.
And I'm so eager to hear what you, as a dancer yourself, think of The Turnout!!
All warmest, Megan
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780...
Reading all the wonderful novels from the midcentury, esp. Raymond Chandler, led to my writing my first novel.
And I'm so eager to hear what you, as a dancer yourself, think of The Turnout!!
All warmest, Megan
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Emily Dean
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Megan Abbott:
Megan, I love the way you portray teenage girls and I was wondering what your inspiration is behind your teenage girl characters and why you choose to write about them? The stories can be dark and mysterious and their relationships with adults can be complicated to say the least. I'm wondering what draws you to these types of dynamics?
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