Goodreads asked August Hill:

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

August Hill The Sushi Prophecies is a sort of bitter love letter to the city of Vancouver. This particular story was born out of patio-hopping, bikes and beaches, all the summer-drenched prickly people and places unique to Vancity. You can’t walk a block without building a character so rich it stinks of the town itself. Like an L.A of the north, there’s some grit to this place, particularly when the sun makes an appearance. The setting lends itself to mischief and creepy crawlies served alongside shiny people doing shiny, good-looking things. The Sushi Prophecies suggests a reality that could be, if you were to sprinkle some otherworldly mysticism over the top.

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