Q&A with Anthony Schneider, Author of A Quiet Kind of Courage
Tell us a little about where your ideas for your characters and their stories come from.
The book started with geography – a man born in one country, who moves to another country, then is forced into exile from the place he calls home. That idea then led me to history as I discovered Henry – grumpy octogenarian and idealistic younger man, activist and exile, father and grandfather. He shares traits with me, bits of his biography with one of my grandfathers, shares a profession with my father and, like me, makes his home in New York City.