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Travel and murder in this new thriller – Book tour interview with Andrea Bartz
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Interview Timeline
Andrea Bartz is a Brooklyn-based journalist and author of We Were Never Here, The Lost Night, and The Herd. Her work has appeared in many major magazines, and she’s held editorial positions in the industry. We spoke about her latest thriller novel. We Were Never Here: A Novel (Ballantine Books, 2021)
0:39 – Andrea talks about why she wrote this novel and her travels to Chile.
3:55 – Andrea talks about the conflict in the book.
5:49 – Andrea talks about Amanda Knox.
6:43 – Andrea goes into detail about the plot of the novel.
8:37 – Andrea talks about her characters.
9:50 – Andrea talks about any autobiographical or real world elements in the characters.
12:58 – Andrea talks about research she’s done for the book.
15:04 – Andrea talks about murder and the law.
17:51- Andrea talks about the things that inspired her and her work as an editor.
20:28 – Andrea talks about what she wrote about as a travel writer.
22:24 – Andrea talks about things that disturbed her on her travels.
27:38 – Andrea talks about a ghost tour she did at Fort Mackinac.
28:39 – Andrea talks about the musical feel of the book.
30:54 – Andrea talks about her writing process.
33:41 – Andrea talks about travel writing elements in her novel.
35:33 – Andrea talks about how her approach to writing has changed over time.
39:00 – Andrea talks about how she practices her writing skills.
41:43 – Andrea compares her three novels.
43:20 – Andrea talks about her favorite character to write.
45:21 – Andrea talks about the hardest character to write.
47:18 – Andrea talks about edits of her books.
49:48 – Andrea talks about made up adventures she did with her sister.
52:57 – Andrea talks about how she got into travel writing.
53:15 – Andrea talks about spots she wants to visit.
57:48 – Andrea is on twitter, instagram, and tiktok @andibartz and on facebook at andrea bartz author and andreabartz.com
Links of interest
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645863/we-were-never-here-by-andrea-bartz/
http://instagram.com/andibartz
https://www.facebook.com/andreabartzauthor
Contact Information
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Guests: Andrea Bartz
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Ballantine Books, thrillers,
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