Sometimes people think that means I’m some big brain English major who can understand his plays super easily, and while I am an English major (the big brain part, however, is to be determined), I also have a lot of trouble understanding Shakespeare so it feels rewarding when I dive in and work through the language to emerge with all this rich thematic content and these craft choices. The Book Smugglers: Talk to us a bit about Shakespeare, and the influence Romeo and Juliet had on you and this book.ĬHLOE: I’m a complete Shakespeare nerd. Even though this is fiction, 1920s Shanghai in true history was still this glittering, vibrant place, and I wanted to capture its atmosphere as much as possible with a combination of culture and facts so that readers really feel like they are there at this time while these fictionalized events are happening.
What research did you do if any to capture your vision of 1920s Shanghai?ĬHLOE: It was a combination of technical research (aka flipping through history textbooks and spending hours at a time in my school library) and asking my parents and relatives a lot of questions! I wanted the setting to feel as real as possible even while I was inventing fantastical elements like a monster and a deadly contagion.
The Book Smugglers: These Violent Delights prominently features rival gangs vying for power and leading to chaos and a body count-as well as a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River, leading to even greater chaos and a higher body count.
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