The response to this approach has been gratifying for Christopher. I really wanted to explore what that has meant to me in my real life, specifically as it relates to my romantic life,” said Christopher. “I sometimes feel as though white authors will write in a biracial character to add diversity to their books without delving into how that shapes a character. In addition to some of the pitfalls of modern dating explored in the book (Jack meets Hannah while his friends are scrolling through dating apps and disparaging women’s looks), Christopher used her experiences as a biracial woman to inform Hannah’s dating adventures. I generally write stories so that I can understand something about myself or the world better, and I think I wrote Not the Girl You Marry so that I could understand what type of man a woman as jaded as Hannah (i.e., me) could fall for.” “Like Hannah, I’ve sort of given up on finding someone because I find dating to be so unpleasant that I’ve opted out. “I think my frustration with dating as a cisgender, heterosexual woman was really the genesis of the story,” she said. Christopher didn’t just have a pop culture inspiration for her new novel, but a deeply personal one.
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