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?Brilliant work with "Scritch Scratch". You successfully wove the honest, and bitterly tragic history of the Windy City to life, and placed the reader into the shoes of your protagonist... ...brilliant! I love history, the major and minor events. I will send your story to my niece your book as she is an avid reader. As a writer I hope that one day I might find one my stories beside yours on the bookstore shelves.
Lindsay Currie Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed the story. Best of luck with your writing!
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Not a question, I just wanted to thank you for writing Scritch Scratch. We lived in Chicago briefly and never heard of this tragedy, so it was very informative and interesting how you wove this story. Will you be writing more like this, involving some of the other disasters mentioned in the book?
Lindsay Currie Hello, and thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Have you read my first book, THE PECULIAR INCIDENT ON SHADY STREET? Given that you lived in Chicago and enjoy hearing about lesser known history, that one might appeal to you as well! Also, YES! Always planning for future books and I'll definitely be writing more about the Windy City and it's haunted past! Thanks for reading!
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Hello! I loved your book "Scritch Scratch" so much! I read it at night and it was an amazing experience. So my question is: Could I get an ARC for "What Lives in the Woods"in exchange for an honest review? A fan, Noah
Lindsay Currie Hello, Noah! I'm honored to hear that you enjoyed SCRITCH SCRATCH and that you're looking forward to WHAT LIVES IN THE WOODS! While I don't have any ARC's currently, you are welcome to request it from my publisher on Edelweiss if you have an account, or on NetGalley when it goes live there in May. Thank you!
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I really liked your book Peculiar Incident on Shady Street. Was this book based on how you were like as a kid, or was it completely fictional?
Lindsay Currie I'm so happy you enjoyed Tessa's story, Soham! Some elements of Peculiar Incident were inspired by my childhood - namely Nina! I was a quirky kid, always interested in the things other kids weren't interested in, so I did work some of that into her character! And I have always been into ghosts and ghost stories, so there's a little of me in that as well. I hope you enjoy my next release - Scritch Scratch, out September 1, just as much!
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I'll even bet something about that got mentioned during the tour, but I was over-focused on the chat, playing whack-a-mole with the spammers. I plan to go back and watch it again, but haven't had time to do that yet. ?
Lindsay Currie Haha, totally understand! Adam’s virtual tours have gotten so popular and I’m thrilled with that. He is so knowledgeable and gets folks interested in our city’s strange and often spooky history! So many viewers these days. So kind of him to have given my books a shout-out :)
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Silly question: Do you know Adam Selzer? I looked up one of your books today because someone in the chat mentioned it on one of his graveyard tours online, and I just noticed another of your book is based on something following someone home from a busride ghost tour in Chicago.
Lindsay Currie Hello, Mary! Yes, I do know Adam! Adam is a fellow Simon & Schuster author, as well as a historian, and I credit him for assisting with a lot of my research on both THE PECULIAR INCIDENT ON SHADY STREET and my forthcoming book, SCRITCH SCRATCH. In fact, when writing SCRITCH SCRATCH, I rode along on a ghost tour bus that Adam was running at the time - that bus and tour inspired the "Spirits" bus in my book!
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Is SILO only available as an ebook?
Lindsay Currie At the moment, yes. However, that might change in the near future!
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Is this story fully fabricated or was bits of it from a real account. I can believe this stuff really happens from documentaries I've seen of religious communities. I can imagine weird stuff like this.
Lindsay Currie Hi Melissa!

CREED is fully fabricated and actually originated from a dream my co-author had, but we are aware that cults do exist in various forms all over the world. That's what drew us to write this particular story - the "it could happen" aspect is scary, perhaps scarier than your typical slash and gore horror is. We love a good monster as much as the next guy, but we also love exploring the darkness of the human mind!
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What are you currently working on?
Lindsay Currie Currently, I'm working on copyedits to CREED with my co-author, and I recently just finished some revisions to a solo book of mine which is a contemporary romantic thriller called JAMMED.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Lindsay Currie I get inspired to write by listening to music that reminds me of my current WIP, and also by using Pinterest! I love choosing images that reflect scenes or ideas from my books:)
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What is your process for co-authoring a book?
Lindsay Currie Great question! Our process is a bit different than some co-authors in the sense that we do not alternate by chapter, rather pass the manuscript back and forth whenever it feels most appropriate. This could be at a chapter break, yes, but it could also be in the middle of a chapter. Because we do not write dual point of view, my co-author and I are fortunate to have a similar writing style so the book is seamless and our readers can't tell who wrote what:) Thanks for the question! Keep them coming!
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Lindsay Currie The thing I love most about being a writer, is the ability to live in someone else's shoes for a while! Occupying someone else's mind is a wonderful thing, and that's exactly what I try to do when I'm fleshing out a new character. For me, writing is a peaceful experience, a serene reprieve from the chaos of everyday life. Quite frankly, even if I'd never ended up published, I know I could never give up writing because it's woven so tightly into my personality:)
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