: To write No Small Shame , Bell actually went down a mine shaft to understand the life of her protagonist, Mary, who travels from a Scottish pit village to the coal mines of Victoria, Australia.
: She did not dream of being a police officer as a child but was motivated by the challenge and a desire to help people on a larger scale. kristina bell
: Bell describes her stories as starting with a "haunting"—a snippet of overheard conversation or an image out of context that refuses to go away. The Barrier-Breaker (Chief Kristina Bell) : To write No Small Shame , Bell
By now the work had grown into something far more complex than I'd originally envisaged, but at last my narrative drive was clear. louise allan : To write No Small Shame