{"id":447081,"date":"2022-05-14T19:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/flight-attendant-author-turns-to-old-hollywood-for-lioness\/"},"modified":"2022-05-14T19:09:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:09:46","slug":"flight-attendant-author-turns-to-old-hollywood-for-lioness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flight-attendant-author-turns-to-old-hollywood-for-lioness\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Flight Attendant\u2019 author turns to Old Hollywood for \u2018Lioness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38741d96eee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38741d96eee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flight-attendant-author-turns-to-old-hollywood-for-lioness\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Flight_Attendant_author_turns_to_Old_Hollywood_for_%E2%80%98Lioness%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;\u2018Flight Attendant\u2019 author turns to Old Hollywood for \u2018Lioness\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Flight_Attendant_author_turns_to_Old_Hollywood_for_%E2%80%98Lioness%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;\u2018Flight Attendant\u2019 author turns to Old Hollywood for \u2018Lioness\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In August 2019, author Chris Bohjalian was at a matinee movie in NYC when the inspiration for what would become his next novel, \u201cThe Lioness\u201d (Doubleday), out now, struck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI emerged from the theater into this cobalt blue sky, steaming heat. Ten minutes earlier I had been watching this movie. And I thought, \u2018My God, I love Hollywood! Why have I never written a Hollywood novel?\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew my Hollywood novel would be set at some point in my childhood. So I went back to a period of great <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> upheaval. And I didn\u2019t want the locale to be just Hollywood. I thought, \u2018What is an exotic location in 1964 where a group of Hollywood actors and their entourage could get into all sorts of trouble?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, Tanzania. A-list actress Katie Barstow and her new husband David have <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed there for a high-end safari, accompanied by a few friends and fellow actors. The trip promises to be a luxurious getaway, filled with wildlife and gorgeous scenery, until the unthinkable h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens \u2014\u00a0a band of Russian mercenaries takes them hostage after killing their safari guides. (\u201cRussians have been the bad guys in my books for a long time,\u201d he notes.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/chris-bohjalian.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Chris Bohjalian\" class=\"wp-image-22233437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/chris-bohjalian.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/chris-bohjalian.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/chris-bohjalian.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=342 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Author Chris Bohjalian<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Victoria Blewer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the Vermont-based author is prolific, no two books are the same \u2014 they might range from a flight attendant waking up next to a dead body in a Dubai hotel room (\u201cThe Flight Attendant,\u201d the basis for the popular HBOMax <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>) to a Puritan woman accused of witchcraft in 1600s Massachusetts (\u201cHour of the Witch\u201d) to a young woman helping refugees from the 1915 Armenian genocide (\u201cThe Sandcastle Girls.\u201d)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy books are powered by dread. I want my readers walking a tightrope with one side being heartbreak, the other side being hope,\u201d says Bohjalian, who prefers to edit manuscript drafts with a fountain pen. \u201cI\u2019m not afraid to kill my main characters \u2014 I do it a lot. My goal is never to write the same book twice. But all my books share those same qualities. You don\u2019t know if you\u2019re going to end on heartbreak or hope.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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