Goodreads asked Jeannette Ronson:

How do you get inspired to write?

Jeannette Ronson While pursuing my graduate degree in American Studies at Fairfield University, my thesis advisor suggested that I publish my thesis on women who fought in the American wars from the Revolution through WWI. Dr. Leo O'Connor was the first person who suggested that I could write something worthy of publication. It was like a switch turned on in my head and I haven't turned it off yet. At that time, I was 49, so like so many things in my life, writing came much later in my career.

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