{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels","publication_date":"February 18, 2020","summary":"When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as \"models.\" For a crime novel she wrote, Allende said she needed to connect with a member of the U.S. military.","author_name":"By Joshua Barajas","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/02\/bd18fe6c321d497fb28eaced3146696c-GettyImages-1146430977-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}