Lisa Ramée asked Phil Stamper:

I love how much meaning can be found in your single word title. Was that the original title? If not, what was the working title?

Phil Stamper Oh no, have I called it GRAVITY so much that people think that's the full title???? Lol! The full title, THE GRAVITY OF US, was not the original title. As a WIP, the title was ASTROKIDS—a play off what the 60s and 70s astronauts' children were often called.

When my agent pointed out that it sounded too MG (which I totally agreed with!) I had my friend Jo - a title wizard - come up with a few options. THE GRAVITY OF YOU was my favorite, then my agent suggested the tweak of changing YOU to US, and boom- we found the perfect title... with little to no help from me lol

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