Ann Royal Nicholas
My most recent book, "The Muffia," grew out of my real life book club, also called The Muffia. We've been a club since 2001 and we read a book every 6 weeks or so, taking turns picking books and hosting the club. A few years ago, at one particular raucous gathering involving too many pomegranate margaritas, during which we might have discussed "Little Children" if memory serves, somebody suggested we could be a book ourselves. Because I'd had a novel published, the Muffs looked at me and I jumped at the chance. There were challenges: fictionalizing us enough--in case the book ever became a TV series--to protect everyone's privacy; layering in more plot to drive story--because I realized I wanted a mystery element; not losing the silly, loving stuff that really happens when we get together. The real life Muffs continue to provide lots of entertaining material, which I'm grateful for because there are more books to come in the Muffia series.
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