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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Poisoning a Monk

I felt like poisoning a monk.
-Umberto Eco on why he wrote the novel The Name of the Rose

I wrote Hatshepsut because the poor woman was going to drive me insane if I didn't get her voice out of my head (and because I've always wanted to time travel to Ancient Egypt). I wrote my newest book because I felt like a prostitute turned Empress was about as fun a story as they come. (I was right!)

Why did you write your story?