Martin's Griffin in May 2019 and debuted on the New York Times Paper Trade Fiction bestseller list, at No. Red, White & Royal Blue was published by St. In April 2019, Amazon Studios acquired the film rights to the novel at auction, with Ted Malawer attached as writer and Berlanti Studios as producer. The character of the fictional American president Ellen Claremont in the novel was inspired by American politician Wendy Davis, whose filibuster McQuiston watched in 2013 and found themself moved by. For protagonist Alex's realization that he's bisexual, they were inspired by their own experience. McQuiston describes Red, White & Royal Blue as a queer romcom and says that they writes queer fiction "for the same reason straight people write straight fiction," meaning that they draw from their own experiences. While watching a season of the HBO comedy series Veep and reading both a Hillary Clinton biography by Carl Bernstein, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, and The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, they found themself intrigued by the extravagant, high-profile lifestyle of the royals and wanted to write their own take on a story featuring a royal family. McQuiston first came up with the idea for what would become Red, White & Royal Blue while following the 2016 American presidential elections. Red, White & Royal Blue follows Alex, a fictionalized First Son who finds himself in a fight with Henry, an English prince, and is forced to befriend him for PR reasons, developing romantic feelings for him along the way. They live in New York City, New York with their poodle mix Pepper.
Rowling are Casey's favorite books of all time.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Prior to becoming an author, they worked in magazine publishing. They have a degree in journalism from Louisiana State University. She is a 2020 recipient of the Alex Awards. Casey McQuiston is an American author of romance novels, best known for their New York Times best-selling debut novel Red, White & Royal Blue, in which the son of America's first female president falls in love with the prince of England.
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