![]() ![]() My first novel, Moonlight in Odessa is about an email-bride. Even as a child, I thought she was incredibly brave to leave behind her friends and family and everything she’d ever known for a new life with a G.I. Growing up in rural Montana, I was fascinated by my neighbor, a war bride from Normandy. ![]() I hope you will find it as fascinating as I did! You can read her impressions about life in Paris during the Occupation. I started researching the Directress Dorothy Reeder and found her 15-page report marked ‘Confidential.’ Reading it gave me chills! I knew I wanted to write about the Directress. ![]() I became intrigued when my colleagues talked about the incredible librarians who kept the Library open during World War II. When did you first come up with the storyline for The Paris Library? In this interview Janet gives us an inside look into the inspiration for The Paris Library, some of her favorite memories from her time working at the American Library in Paris, and a few of the locations throughout the City of Light where she feels the most inspired to write. ![]() Author Janet Skeslien Charles is the of Moonlight in Odessa and The Paris Library which released in February of this year. I love sharing about recent fiction releases, and you’ll remember The Paris Library from my Spring Reading List post last week. ![]()
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