I went birding at the Refuge and I even got people to take me sailing. I spent a lot of time at the lake, bumming around with the staff there and goofing around at Antelope Island. How much time did you spend out there in preparation for your book? Were you ever tempted to mention the lake’s “unique” smell? The Great Salt Lake plays a large role in your book. Except Chicken Little, the fast food joint. The setting is all taken from real places. How much of the landscape is made up and how much is real? “Girls Don’t Fly” is set in Utah, and some places are obviously real. That scene isn’t in the book, but it kind of is the book. Finally someone in my family came out and told me I was getting sunburned.
I didn’t see any, strangely enough, but I just kept looking. The dream involved me sitting in a chair like I was a character in the trailer scenes of Raising Arizona looking out over the West Desert, looking for Galapagos tortoise. In this case I went to a IMAX movie about the Galapagos Islands and then had a dream. Where did the idea for “Girls Don’t Fly” come from? Below is a complete transcript of her interview with Cracking the Cover. Kristen Chandler is the author of “Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me” and “Girls Don’t Fly,” which hits bookstores this Thursday.
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