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Earl
Earl asked Chris Pavone:

As a fellow past American in Luxembourg, I loved reading "The Expats". What was it about the Grand Duchy that inspired you?

Chris Pavone Thank you! I was 40 years old when my wife got a job in Luxembourg, and I left behind my life in New York--career, family, friends, hometown, nearly everything that made up my identity--to become this completely unfamiliar character, a trailing-spouse expat, a stay-at-home parent to little kids, someone not very competent. That experience was what inspired me to write the novel. Luxembourg just happened to be where we were living, and in some ways I think it's the perfect location for a story of isolation and alienation and reinvention, but I probably would've written the same book had we moved to Singapore or Dubai or Buenos Aires.
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Thomas
Thomas asked Chris Pavone:

There was a character crossover (of a sort) in Accident. Do you plan to continue this plot element, or depart from it in future books? Thanks for all you do for us international intrigue fans!

Brit
Brit asked Chris Pavone:

In both of your books you've created some great female characters ...women who are smart and a little tough, yet sensitive and likeable. Were you influenced by any other authors characters / or perhaps women in your own life?

Amanda Kerschen
Amanda Kerschen asked Chris Pavone:

What motivated you to base The Expats in Luxembourg? My ancestors are from there and I really enjoyed reading about it.

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