![]() ![]() ![]() In light of the book’s recent re-issue, with a new introduction by the author Mary Gaitskill, Interview caught up with Godfrey to discuss her experience revisiting Under The Bridge 14 years later and the renaissance of the true crime genre.ĮRNEST MACIAS: What led you to research and write the book in the first place? The non-fiction novel, inspired by that incident in 1997, chronicles the “rivalries and hostilities and jealousies” of teenage life in the small town plagued by the murder-which also happens to be Godfrey’s hometown. “The girls all looked like normal, cool, young teenage girls-not particularly like killers,” recalls Rebecca Godfrey, author of Under The Bridge (and former Interview intern). Although it may sound like the plot of an upcoming scripted series (or a podcast, or a YA novel), it was truly a true crime, one that caught the attention of the entire nation. In 1997, Reena Virk was brutally beaten and drowned by a group of teenagers in the sleepy town of Victoria, British Columbia. ![]()
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