Once you’ve written a novel, you know if a particular aspect of a character’s life doesn’t come through on the page. You just do. So, as long as I don’t know something about a character…I keep digging

Clémence Michallon was born and raised near Paris. She studied journalism at City University of London, received a master’s in Journalism from Columbia University, and has written for The Independent since 2018. Her essays and features have covered true crime, celebrity culture, and literature. She moved to New York City in 2014 and recently became a US citizen. She now divides her time between New York City and Rhinebeck, NY.