India, June 1 -- How did you structure the novel, with its notes from the Minister's Desk, two dominant voices, and interludes?

I just let the story come out like it wanted, refusing to make it bend to my will to write a more traditional narrative. The minister's notes come from the types of programs that were used in the old, rural churches I grew up in. I always knew I would use them in some way in my work, and with the novel being set mostly in church, I thought these programs would be a natural and titillating fit as chapter headers.

Was Dominion aimed at centring how religious institutions disenfranchises one gender? What were your personal experiences of this?

Absolutely, I wanted the story to illustrate how, under patriarchal en...