Susan Choi

And I said, my chiropractor is her cousin.

And at that point, did you think, yes, it's not happening for me tonight?

I, you know, yeah, I did sort of think that.

I did sort of think that.

I mean, it was very, very hard to...

It was very hard to think anything, really.

It was a real whirlwind of an evening.

And, you know, once again, like, it's a thing that starts at 6, but they don't announce the winner until 9.52.

And there's a lot of alcohol.

So I had brought my best friend with me from the States.

She also ended up taking my son shopping that fateful day when he needed decent shoes.

And her assignment to me was, I got one glass of wine, I think, for three hours and 52 minutes.

I was like, make sure that I don't drink a second glass of wine.

I mean, I think they all stay with me, but, you know, it's not hard to let them go.

I mean, I think by the time

I finish any book, I'm really quite finished.

Like it's, I'm very, very eager to move on to something else.

I mean, I'm fond of all my characters.

I really, and I like talking about them.

I think it's nice to talk about them in a context like this and sort of, you know, it's fun to have readers want to talk about them as if they're actual people.