How a Year of Living Abroad Inspired a Novel

It seems like just yesterday that I was living a totally different life--in another city, in a foreign yet familiar country, where every day seemed to bring a new adventure.

The year was 2007, and I was a young(er) graduate student living in London. I was studying for a graduate degree in European Politics, immersing myself daily in the history and struggles of the European Union and the countries of Central Europe, which was the focus of my degree.