stated, "Once the book is out there, it’s not really mine anymore, and my own idea isn’t any more valid than yours. And then I begin the long process of disengaging." Notes References External links NPR: Talk of the Nation: Donna Tartt interviewed by Lynn Neary (November 5, 2002) NPR: Talk of the Nation: Donna Tartt and Anne Rice interviewed by Ray Suarez (October 30, 1997) Esquire: The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College: The prototypes of The Secret History's characters interviewed by Lili Anolik (May 28, 2019) 1992 American novels Campus novels Alfred A. Knopf books Novels with gay themes Incest in fiction Psychological novels Secret histories 1990s LGBT novels Novels set in Vermont Books with cover art by Chip Kidd American LGBT novels 1992 debut novels