'The Girls on the Bus' was written by a political journalist who's been there

The first question I have for Amy Chozick, an executive producer and co-creator of the new Max series The Girls on the Bus, is a simple one.

Why is this fiction?

After all, the series is inspired by elements from Chozick's 2018 book, Chasing Hillary, which she wrote after covering Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign for The New York Times.

So why is the Max show, centered on four female political journalists, set in a fictional world with made-up politicians and media outlets, instead of exploring the very real challenges Clinton faced while running for president against Donald Trump in 2016?

"I felt, just as a writer, fatigue in writing about real life," says Chozick, who also covered Clinton and Barack Obama for . "I think the country feels fatigue....[Also] politics is dark and divisive. And I think our