Started to pull away from each other and stand on their own. In early drafts, Iĭidn’t have them differentiated properly, probably because they were bothīridgets, by design, a way to have two young women meet-cute. How did you create your characters Bridey and Gigi?īridey and Gigi came to me as names before characters. The research brought Greenway to life for me. The end, the real lives and relationships of Greenway helped generate theįiction. Just populate a story at a house owned by a famous writer. I’m glad I learned the history, though,īecause the book wouldn’t be what it is without having done that work. Lived inside for six weeks until I finally resolved to put the I also came to understand what historical fiction writers had been telling me Of the people who lived and worked at Greenway, confirmed through research but Really proud that there are characters in Death at Greenway with the real names Friends would suggest I could just change things toįit the story I wanted to tell, but the story I wanted to tell was as true as Project evolved as I dug in I had to scrap some early pages when the historyĭidn’t match the fiction. How to do the research, I kept finding more and more history that was relevant Never thought the project would be easy, but as I started to research, to learn When I ran out of fact I could find, I would rely on fiction. I approached the project hoping to use as much history as I could find, and What did you see as the right balance between history and fiction as you wrote Once I saw those names, the story was mine. Where the children had kept their things. Visited Greenway in 2016 and was allowed into a locked room to see a cabinet Had been too young for that sort of thing.ĭidn’t believe I could be the one to write this story for a long time, until I A little bit of research set me straight that the children Thought it might be a sort of Bedknobs andīroomsticks-at-Agatha-Christie’s-house thing with children cavorting and Think that I was the one who could write it, but I started tentatively Problem was, as I found out very quickly, the book didn’t yet exist. Secret Notebooks) one night in bed and came across a little throwaway commentĪbout how Greenway House, Christie’s beloved family retreat, had been used forĬhild evacuees. I was reading a book about Agatha Christie (John Curran’s Agatha Christie’s What initially intrigued you about the use of Agatha Christie's holiday home asĪn evacuation site for London children in World War II, and at what point did Rader-Day's other books include The Lucky One and Under a Dark Sky. It is set in Agatha Christie's country home in England during World War II.
Lori Rader-Day is the author of the new novel Death at Greenway.
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