Goodreads asked Dee Hahn:

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

Dee Hahn My uncle was a man of many talents. As I grew up, I watched him take on many jobs, and always with a smile on his face. One day, he announced that he'd become a funeral home assistant, and that his job was to help carry coffins to the graveyard and prepare them for burial. I was fascinated! He described one very unfortunate incident in which he and his friend dropped the casket in the middle of the night, and that got me thinking: what was it like to work in a graveyard after dark? What sorts of stories would you have to tell? This inspired the beginning of The Grave Thief.

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