Kim asked Lucy Burdette:

Hi Lucy. I have no idea if you’ll answer this question but I’ll never know unless I ask. Have you ever lived or stayed on a houseboat? I’ve read and loved all of the Key West Food Critic books and truly hope you keep writing them!

Lucy Burdette Hi Kim, thanks so much for your question and your kind words. I have been on smallish boats for vacation, but never longer than a week. It turns out I'm very prone to seasickness! But I love imagining Hayley and Miss Gloria living on Houseboat Row--it's a real place, but I make up the details. And sometimes I go visit a friend who lives there, or sit on the dock and listen and watch so I can get things right.

The eleventh book in the series will be out next summer--new title should be announced soon!

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