Ellen Meeropol
One day I was waiting in the security line at JFK Airport, frustrated with all the shoes-off, liquids-in-the-plastic-bucket regulations. I started thinking about what would happen if TSA decided I was dangerous. What if they pulled me aside and took me somewhere for interrogation? At that moment, my main character appeared in my imagination. I knew her name, her profession, her no-nonsense personality, even her odd, slightly stilted way of talking. I “watched” as she was hooded, handcuffed, and taken away. When she did not return, I had to write the book to find out what happened to her.
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