Each guest had their own dressing room, so there wasn’t much mingling, but I did have a nice conversation with John Travolta, which was pretty cool. My husband was backstage with me, along with my editor and publicist from Scribner Books.Ī. Yes, my two sisters, my brother-in-law, my mother, and a bunch of my cousins were in the studio audience.
Who came and cheered loudly after Fallon’s shout-out?Ī. On the show, you said some folks from Pearl River, New York were there. It was all really interesting, and such a well-oiled machine.Įvery single person we met on set – from the interns right up to Jimmy – was so warm and welcoming. One of their producers walked me through the studio exactly the route I’d take for the real thing, so that made me feel less nervous. We got to see how the show works – the practice runs, lighting, makeup, all that. What was it like to be on “The Tonight Show”?Ī. Keane also answered a few questions for UVA Today about being on “The Tonight Show.” In 2011, she was named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35,” and in 2015 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction writing. in 2005 from the UVA English department’s Creative Writing Program. The author of two earlier novels, “The Walking People” and “Fever,” Keane earned her M.F.A. “It’s about love, it’s about forgiveness,” he said, “but it’s also about …” Well, we don’t want to give too much away. They talked about how the story was like a Romeo and Juliet romance – if the Shakespeare protagonists had lived and, as Keane said, “their families had to cope with each other even though they hate each other.” They joked about how Romeo and Juliet would have had to deal with each other’s foibles after the initial romance.įallon said he was so happy the book won the online voting, “because I love this book,” which he reiterated on Instagram. Keane told Fallon the novel took four years to write, revealing that she almost abandoned it at one point. Keane said she interviewed a lot of active and retired police officers to get the details right.
On the show, Fallon said it felt so real to him because of his own Irish background his grandfather had been a police officer in the city. The book debuted as a New York Times bestseller, and jumped back on the list after being chosen for Fallon’s summer read.
The story, about two rookie New York City cops and their families, unfolds over a 40-year span.
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