Q: Stella isn't very likeable when we meet her but, as we learn more about her and as events change her, she becomes a more sympathetic character. I've been told that Thunder Basin is as much a character in this story as the actual characters.
Q: Why did you settle Stella in such an out-of-the-way place, Thunder Basin, Nebraska, and did you base Thunder Basin on a real place?Ī: Thunder Basin is based on the town I grew up in. I kept that advice in mind while writing. The deputy I spoke with did tell me that since nobody really knows how they operate, I could use my best judgement, and no one would be any wiser. Marshals, but they were unable to provide information for the sake of the program's integrity, which I understand. Q: Did you need to do much research into how witness protection works?Ī: Yes! I actually did a lot of research, thank goodness for the Internet. She definitely believes it is in the beginning of the story. I wanted to give her a chance to discover that the world isn't entirely bad.
Placing her in WITSEC was a way to make that happen.Īlso, Stella's past is pretty traumatic. Why did you want to give your character such a break from the past in this story?Ī: There's something romantic about fresh starts. Q: Your main character, Stella, witnesses a murder and so is made part of the Witness Protection Programme where she is forced to leave her identity behind. We spoke to author Becca Fitzpatrick about Dangerous Lies and she answered the following questions for us: Leaving behind her boyfriend and her drug-addict mother, Stella finds herself stuck in the back-of-beyond town of Thunder Basin where she is forced to reinvent herself with the ever-present danger that those she is trying to hide from might track her down. Suddenly, her whole life and her identity changes - changes that Stella is ill prepared for. Author linkĭangerous Lies, the latest novel from bestselling author Becca Fitzpatrick, follows a teenaged girl, Stella, who is put into a protection programme after witnessing a murder. These days when she's not writing, she's most likely running, prowling sales racks for shoes, or travelling. It was in that class that Fitzpatrick started writing Hush, Hush, her debut bestselling book.īecca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush saga, including Hush, Hush Crescendo Silence and Finale all debuted as New York Times bestsellers.
In 2003, her husband enrolled her in a writing class for her 24th birthday. Becca Fitzpatrick graduated with a degree in health, and went to work as a secretary, teacher, and accountant at an alternative high school in Provo.
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