Debra asked Gayle Forman:

After reading Leave Me, I can't get Maribeth Klein out of my mind. I feel like I know her. Is she based on someone you know? On you?

Gayle Forman She's totally fictional, based on no one I know or will ever know. I don't know why you'd ever think that.*

*total bullshit. She is totally based on me.

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Emma asked Gayle Forman:

Maribeth's crazy life (and her reaction to it) in LEAVE ME really really resonated with me as a 21st century working mom. Did the real lives of women (yours or others) motivate your writing of the novel at all?

Debra asked Gayle Forman:

After all your success with YA novels, what brought you to write a novel about adults? Was the writing process different?

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After reading Leave Me, I can't get Maribeth Klein out of my mind. I feel like I know her. Is she based on someone you know? On you?

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What's the TV shows you're watching right now? If any? :)

Maribeth's crazy life (and her reaction to it) in LEAVE ME really really resonated with me as a 21st century working mom. Did the real lives of women (yours or others) motivate your writing of the novel at all?

After all your success with YA novels, what brought you to write a novel about adults? Was the writing process different?

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