The Big Idea: Daryl Gregory

Being the middle child isn’t easy, but the bonds you form with your siblings can be some of the closest and most impactful relationships in your life. Author Daryl Gregory shares memories of his sisters from his childhood, and talks about how their bond played a roll in creating his newest novel, The Porcelain Sisters. DARYL GREGORY: Is there something wrong with me that I find two sisters fighting with each other to be hugely entertaining? I was the middle child, the boy sandwiched between two girls—one who was seven years older than me, and the other sixteen months younger. We grew up in a small ranch house in the suburbs of Chicago, and we fought what I assumed was a normal amount. Ninety percent of the time, it was me versus one of them. With my older sister, this was often when she ordered me to do something, and my go-to response was to slam a door and shout, “You’re not the boss of me!” (She was absolutely the boss of me.) My younger sister and I were closer in age and so spent…

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