Where in Westchester county is your book set? Any particular reason you choose Harlem/Westchester as your settings?

Natasha Diaz The main character was raised in White Plains but moves in with her mom's family in Harlem when her parents separate at the beginning of the book. I grew up in New York City and specifically in Harlem for the majority of my life, although I did spend some time when I was really young living in other parts of manhattan as well. I chose White Plains because I spent a lot of time there at one of my best friend's home and I always wondered what it would have been like to actually live in the suburbs since I am such a city kid. As the main character wrestles with her biracial identity, I thought it would be fun to have her literally traveling between her two worlds as she figures out who she is and how she fits within the contrasting communities and cultures.

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