A Goodreads user asked Audrey Kalman:

Who are you influences for this book?

Audrey Kalman Great question. As far as literary influences, it's a sum of all the authors I've loved reading through my life. Early (literary) favorites of mine were William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov, John Cheever, Joan Didion, and Philip Roth. More contemporary authors I enjoy are Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, T.C. Boyle, Jumpa Lahiri, and Chris Bojalian.

The trick as an author, I find, is to soak up the style and approach of a favorite author but then let it go during the writing process so the other author's voice doesn't drown out my own.

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