![]() ![]() The original idea for the book came more from my own personal experiences, I would say psychologically. But, it's basically all the parts of the country that you don't see on TV, but are the majority of the country. And each of them had a different flavor, each of them had a different history. There are three different iterations of it in my head, even between the original novel and the show. ![]() That's not a major wealthy or more metropolitan area. And I'm a really big believer in 'the more specific you can be, the more likely it is that it actually can be meaningful in a universal way.' But I was saying that to me, Carp is basically everywhere. ![]() But then when we moved to Texas - most places have their own culture, but Texas in particular, has its own. But then I actually set the novel in upstate New York, where I ended up moving. Lauren Oliver: It's so funny because I was just saying that - Carp originally was inspired by Oregon, where I was living. So I was just curious how that came about. ![]() : How did you initially come up with the idea for the novel? I grew up in Texas, and I definitely felt so many similarities with my experience and the experience of the show. ![]()
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