ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did Lestat end up in Atlantis?
I thought, What if I could somehow combine this with Lestat and the vampires?
And it was like, everything worked.
Credit: Courtesy Alfred A. Knopf
Something happens to me when I write from Lestats point of view.
Theres no question about it.
By the time I was done, it felt inevitable, like it always had been….
It was a rare experience.
How does it feel when things click that way?
It was the kind of writing I love with my whole heart: imaginative world-building.
I want the next novel to flow right out of this one.
When did Atlantis start to fascinate you?
Ive enjoyed it, but I always wanted to do my version.
That obsession was always there with me.
What was it that made you want to write your own version?
And somebody will say that someday about my version, if its still around.
What kind of research did you do?
That, to me, is the rock bottom, core research.
Once youve done that, you have the foundation to do your own Atlantis.
Whats the best writing advice you ever got?
Is there anything else you want readers to know aboutPrince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis?
If youre a fan about Atlantis ideas and fantasies, you will find a full-blown Atlantis in this novel.
And its also a real vampire chronicle about my vampire Lestat and his tribe.
