Marcy was interviewed by Meg Pokrass for the blog of the literary community Fictionaut. From the interview:
I should hold a contest: how many movie references are in Bad Marie. Many of my film references were unintentional; some, of course, were. Victor Nunez’s Ruby in Paradise is one of my favorite films of all time. I name a character Ruby in Bad Marie. Ruby works in an industrial laundry — which also happens in the film. Marie says the name Benoit Doniel out loud to herself, repeatedly, and that comes directly from Francois Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses. I borrowed the name Ludivine for my sick cat in the novel from French actress Ludivine Sagnier. Etc.
You can also read the opening chapter of Bad Marie on Fictionaut.
