![]() ![]() NS: A recurring question for readers throughout WHO IS MAUD DIXON? is: What would you do in Florence’s position? Florence gets an opportunity to imitate an anonymous best-selling author who is living the life of her dreams before she goes missing. I don’t think anyone should use Maud Dixon as a model for how to live, but she does remind us of how liberating it can be to stop caring what other people think of you. ![]() ![]() I’m someone who spends a lot of time worrying about being polite, and it was a kind of catharsis (and just plain fun!) to write about someone who cares nothing for social niceties. But Maud’s personality-arrogant, ruthless, unapologetic-was my own creation. I was fascinated by the global obsession with her identity, which reached a pitch after her Neapolitan novels were published. Who did you draw inspiration from when formulating this character? Was it from one major place or a cumulation of people and ideas?ĪA: Perhaps not surprisingly, it was Elena Ferrante who sparked the original idea for Maud Dixon. ![]() NS: In an interview you described Helen, the Maud Dixon herself, as “a more extreme version of a lot of the sharp, ambitious women” you’ve worked with. ![]()
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