Jessica Elizabeth Turner asked this question about The Diamond Eye:
Still unsure if this is fiction or not? Sometimes I’m confused as to how it can be both fiction and nonfiction at the same time?
Linda Scroggy It is fiction, based on a true incident. In the author's notes at the end of the book, Kate Quinn explains about her research for the book and how she…moreIt is fiction, based on a true incident. In the author's notes at the end of the book, Kate Quinn explains about her research for the book and how she used it to write the story and fill in with people and situations of her own. It is based on Lyudmila's memoirs. A example is that there was no assassination attempt that evening on President Roosevelt. That part of the story was all fiction.(less)
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