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• The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding courage - became the inspiration for my novel.

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  Inspiration, Heroism, Stories

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• Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of memoirs written by women who had become spies and couriers and helped to create the escape network. These women were like action-star heroes.

  Megan Chance

  Stars, Hero, Spy

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• There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting themselves directly in harm's way to save others. Too many of them paid a terrible, unimaginable price for their heroism. And like so many women in wartime, they were largely forgotten after the war's end.There were no parades for them, very few medals, and almost no mention in the history books.

  Megan Chance

  Children, War, Book

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• Coming up with the idea is the worst part of writing for me.

  Megan Chance

  Writing, Ideas, Worst

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• I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an idea, hone it, and write it. I come up with thirty ideas, flesh each one out, research each one, come up with characters, and then decide I don't like it.

  Megan Chance

  Writing, Character, Ideas

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• It felt like an oversight to me, something that needed to be corrected. They [women who hid Jewish children] deserved to be understood and remembered.

  Megan Chance

  Children, Oversight, Needed

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• In doing the research, I found myself consumed by a single, overwhelming question, as relevant today as it was seventy years ago: When would I, as a wife and mother, risk my life - and more importantly, my child's life - to save a stranger? That question is at the very heart of The Nightingale. I hope that everyone who reads the novel will ask themselves the question.

  Megan Chance

  Mother, Children, Heart

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• The women of the French Resistance astounded me. Isabelle and Vianne [from The Nightingale] are my homage to those brave and forgotten women.

  Megan Chance

  Brave, Resistance, Forgotten

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• I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ].

  Megan Chance

  Hero, Important, Stories

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• I love the idea of ordinary women making extraordinary sacrifices.

  Megan Chance

  Sacrifice, Ideas, Ordinary

  "Kristin Hannah and Megan Chance on “The Visitant”". Interview with Adrian Liang, www.amazonbookreview.com. September 22, 2015.

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• I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that's just because I love these characters. I love the setting.

  Megan Chance

  Moving, Character, Thinking

  "Kristin Hannah and Megan Chance on 'The Nightingale'". Interview With Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. January 28, 2015.

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• Of course, there are hundreds of novels and authors that have influenced me. But to choose three, they are: Stephen King/The Stand (and really most of his books); Anne Rice/The Witching Hour; and Pat Conroy/The Prince of Tides. These authors write my favorite kind of book - epic feel, gorgeous prose, unique characters, and a pace that keeps you turning the pages. From them, I learned a lot about characterization, pacing, prose, voice, and originality.

  Megan Chance

  Kings, Book, Character

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• I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all.

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  Historical, Fiction, Contemporary

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• I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is hands down one of the most original, innovative, kickass female fictional characters ever.

  Megan Chance

  Party, Character, Thinking

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• My next guest [ for party with five favorite fictional characters] would be Scarlett from Gone With The Wind. I mean, come on, I have to know if she ever got Rhett back.

  Megan Chance

  Party, Character, Mean

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• I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.

  Megan Chance

  Fighting, Epic, Journey

  "Kristin Hannah and Megan Chance on 'The Nightingale'". Interview With Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. January 28, 2015.

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• [I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.

  Megan Chance

  Kings, Wine, Character

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• I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters. Let's see. First on my list is Sam Gamgee from The Lord of The Rings. Sam is a beautiful character; in him, we find the profound heroism of an ordinary person. He epitomizes the saying that courage isn't not being afraid, courage is going anyway. I just love that.

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  Beautiful, Character, Profound

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• I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.

  Megan Chance

  Book, Fall, Writing

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• I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.

  Megan Chance

  Writing, Sound, Pages

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• Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how it feels to be a wife/mother/sister/name your poison in today's world. But this story [The Nightingale ] is told from the perspective of two sisters during the German occupation of France in WWII.

  Megan Chance

  Mother, Names, Two

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