Lewis Carroll himself took a lot of references from various literature, so I felt like I could do so as well in my own book. Raven was very much inspired by the raven from Edgar Allan Poe’s work. I really liked the addition of new characters like Jest and Raven to Wonderland. It was almost like having a whole bunch of puzzle pieces that I needed to start fitting together and trying to make a story out of. I tried to find things that I could incorporate into the fabric of my story, so that it’s not just the tale of the Queen of Hearts, it’s the tale of Wonderland. We’re not really given much information about the world of Wonderland prior to Alice coming to it, but every now and then, there’s a little hint. I made notes to myself about things in Lewis Carroll’s work that are referred to as something that happened in the past. The first thing I did was I went through and read Alice in Wonderland. How did you decide which aspects you wanted to change and what you wanted to keep? You manage to blend Lewis Carroll’s ideas with your own.
I started playing with what sort of girl would be the daughter of a Marquess, growing up in this very peculiar world. But also knowing who she was destined to become, I wanted her to have just a little bit of a darker edge to her. I knew from the start that I wanted her to be a character that was likable and easy for readers to connect with. She grew over the course of writing multiple drafts. I had to discover her as I was writing the book. Since we’ve never known the Queen of Hearts as anything but a villain, how did you come up with Catherine’s personality? Met Gala 2023: Rihanna Closes the Carpet in a Cape of Iconic Chanel Camellia Flowers
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