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Clémence Michallon

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near Paris, France

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Thriller, Crime, Mystery

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Clémence Michallon is the author of The Quiet Tenant, a USA Today and international bestseller and nominee for the Dashiell Hammett Prize.

She’s also an award-nominated journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Time Magazine, The Independent, and more. Her essays and features have covered true-crime, celebrity culture, and literature. She has interviewed artists from Michael Imperioli to Ben Platt and authors such as John Green, Rumaan Alam, and Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Clémence received a master’s in journalism from Columbia University and also studied at Sciences Po in Paris and City, University of London. Born and raised near Paris, she moved to the US in 2014. She is now a dual French and American citizen and she s ...more

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Clémence Michallon I spent April 2020 living in a house upstate with my husband’s family. I was grateful to be there, but I was also struck by the disruption we were exp…moreI spent April 2020 living in a house upstate with my husband’s family. I was grateful to be there, but I was also struck by the disruption we were experiencing. After years of having our routines dictated by the rhythm of our respective commutes and jobs, we were suddenly spending a lot of time together, without reprieve. I found this fascinating. I mean, we know what our loved ones do for a living, but how much do we really know about their day-to-day activities?

This got me thinking about how our routines can be disrupted, and what the implications of those disruptions might be. Say, for example, someone had a dark secret they had been able to keep from their family because they were never in close proximity during the day. And then, suddenly, they were no longer apart (early 2020 in a nutshell!). This had the makings of a novel.

I began to play with a few scenarios in my head, eventually landing on a serial killer who keeps someone captive, unbeknownst to his family, thanks to the setup of his property. But then he must move, and as a result, his captive inches closer, becoming somewhat adjacent to his life and family. To me, there was something irresistible about this narrative of worlds colliding. (less)

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How do you get inspired to write?

Clémence Michallon It is a rare and joyful event when I do get inspired. Most days, I sit down and write because I have to finish a first draft to get to the part I enjo…moreIt is a rare and joyful event when I do get inspired. Most days, I sit down and write because I have to finish a first draft to get to the part I enjoy the most: revisions.

Having said that, I'm trying to be better at noticing what makes me feel creative. Letting my mind wander while listening to music, often while walking my dog, is a big one.

I also make use of the Notes app. When inspiration does happen, it's not so much that it drives me to sit down and write on my laptop right away, but I do get ideas for lines of dialogue, or little bits of insight into a character's mindset and motivations. I write those down as fast as possible.(less)

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“You don’t forget your first. You never forget the boy who taught you how to survive as a stranger in your own body.”
― Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

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“...when a lot of sad stuff happens in a pretty short time, you reach a point where you can’t cry anymore.”
― Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

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“It’s embedded in you, once you’ve been a girl. You pass them on the street. You hear their laughs. You feel their pain. You want to lift them into your arms and carry them over to the end point, sparing their feet from the thorns that drew blood from your own. Every girl in the world is a little bit me, and every girl in the world is a little bit mine.”
― Clémence Michallon, The Quiet Tenant

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