![]() ![]() I made playlists for every chapter/story. How did you find the emotional pulse for these vignettes? Who were some of the artists that you listened to? Music permeates and perhaps even drives certain stories in this collection. The feeling of being out of place, of both craving attention and wanting to be invisible, of constantly comparing herself to others. I think that all of those different facets of my storytelling interests definitely got explored in “13 Ways.” It informed how I approached depicting Lizzie’s interiority - her character. My father was from Egypt and my mother was French Canadian, but they sent me to an English-speaking Catholic school so I saw some of these interior/exterior moments in the way that people interacted with me growing up. I think there are infinite possibilities to explore when there’s some ambiguity in terms of claiming an identity or being part of a group. They’re outsiders in some way, and they don’t really have a definitive sense of home. ![]() There’s a sense that Lizzie is an outsider even when she’s a part of a group.Īs a reader and as a writer, I’m interested in characters that occupy an in-between place in the world. This novel constantly flips between two views - the interior, or the way that Lizzie sees herself, and the exterior - the way that people engage or interact with her. ![]()
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