A Contemporary Greek Tragedy: PW Talks with Alex Michaelides [Publishers Weekly]

Growing up in the Mediterranean, I was heavily influenced by Greek myths and tragedy; Greek mythology shaped my creative imagination—it’s very much where I “live” as a writer. In this case, I began with Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, thinking about the themes of sacrifice and grief. Grief led me naturally to Tennyson—I started reading In Memoriam for inspiration and then gradually it worked its way into the book.