Gita Trelease asked Natasha Diaz:

It sounds like COLOR ME IN is based at least in part on your own experience growing up. When you were writing, how did you decide where to follow your personal story and when to create a new path?

Natasha Diaz Great question! Yes, the premise of the book is based on my own experience and a lot of the characters are inspired by (not based on) family members, but beyond that, I wanted to create a new path for this story in a fictional world. Doing so gave me the creative freedom to tell the best possible story as opposed to sticking to the truth, which at times, is far less interesting than what (I hope!) I have created.

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