Author Emily Henry Interview – Great Big Beautiful Life
Warning: There are spoilers ahead for the novel Great Big Beautiful Life.
There were invisible strings that tied
Taylor Swift and Emily Henry together.And it’s not just because she is a Swiftie. Great Big Beautiful Life is another captivating romcom. It follows Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson in their competition to become the official biography of media heiress Margaret Ives. But this time, Henry adds a third central figure in the form of the beguiling 20th century tabloid queen, who holds not only the young duo’s professional fates but also their chance at a future together in her hands.
Crafting Margaret and more than a century of her storied family’s history–dating back to the Gilded Age–was no simple task for Henry, who sought inspiration in several real-life figures. Swift’s “Last Great American Dynasty” details the life and controversy of socialite
RebekahHarkness whose story Swift tells in her book. News conducted an exclusive interview. Every once in awhile, I read through the Wikipedia page. I find these kinds of large-than-life family really, really fascinating.”
