Chrysler Szarlan
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Chris Bohjalian:
I loved your ghostly novel, Night Strangers. Have you ever lived in a haunted house/ do you believe in ghosts? Or are we all just haunted by our own pasts?
Chris Bohjalian
Thank you so much!
Sometimes I think my own house is haunted. That novel was inspired by an actual door in my basement. Not kidding.
The house is an 1898 Victorian and it is the model for the house in the novel -- right down to the mud floor basement, the wallpaper, and the back stairway.
But it was the door in the basement that used to scare me. It was behind a pile of coal and bolted shut when we moved in.
And when I pried it open? Behind it was the sort of crypt I described in the novel.
I bolted it shut again and now keep it sealed.
Not kidding.
Sometimes I think my own house is haunted. That novel was inspired by an actual door in my basement. Not kidding.
The house is an 1898 Victorian and it is the model for the house in the novel -- right down to the mud floor basement, the wallpaper, and the back stairway.
But it was the door in the basement that used to scare me. It was behind a pile of coal and bolted shut when we moved in.
And when I pried it open? Behind it was the sort of crypt I described in the novel.
I bolted it shut again and now keep it sealed.
Not kidding.
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Armineh Helen
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Chris Bohjalian:
I am delighted to write to such a great Armenian author! I am also a 'grandma' Armenian author. I loved your "Sandcastle Girls." Now that I have published my last book, I will start reading more of your books. Any suggestions to which of your books I should start with first?
Marc Chua
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Chris Bohjalian:
Thanks Chris for your response. I know I definitely loved your allusions to Greek mythology and popular culture that were present in The Flight Attendant. One quick question: Was your Big Bang Theory reference in The Flight Attendant(p, 317) a happy coincidence, given that, (in my opinion) the wonderfully talented Kaley Cuoco is slated to play Cassie Bowden?
Ann Marie
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Chris Bohjalian:
Hi Chris!. I really liked THE HOUR OF THE WITCH. Definitely my kind of book I was looking for on witches. As in not too fantastical. Loved MIDWIVES as well. Your narration on your female protagonists are spot on and I love that I can't tell your gender while reading them! You must be very sensitive...Anyway did I hear you're coming out with a new book in 2024? And can you say a short bit on what its about?
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