'It's equal parts exciting and terrifying': how authors are being influenced by their fans

British author, dance critic and journalist, whose 2017 book Codename Villanelle was the basis for the BBC's Killing Eve TV series My latest novel, #Panic, was inspired by an online chatroom, and a group of TV superfans. Five years ago, I knew little or nothing of this niche world, and wouldn't have dreamed of trying to write about it, but in April 2018, Killing Eve premiered on BBC America. I had written the stories on which the show was based, and soon began to be contacted online by fans of the series. Most had questions about Eve and Villanelle: they…