Goodreads asked Anne Marie Bennett:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Anne Marie Bennett Come As You Are: Years ago when I moved to Salem, Massachusetts, I attended a teen center production of the musical Godspell, and I immediately became involved in the characters and wondered about their personal lives. This came a few years after hearing a minister say that Jesus's invitations to His disciples was like a "come as you are party."

Dragonflies at Night: I have to say that I've harbored a little crush on Josh Groban for many years now! As I've followed him on Twitter and attended some of his concerts, I found myself wondering how difficult it might be for a celebrity to find someone who loves them for who they really are. Part of me wanted to find a partner like that for Josh, and the more I pondered this, the more the characters of Ben and Savannah made themselves known to me.

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