Ami asked Christine Heppermann:

What is it about fairy tales that drew you to write about them?

Christine Heppermann Wow, that's hard to say, because I've been drawn to fairy tales for as long as I can remember. I think it's that, on the surface, they seem so basic. But the closer you look, the more layers you see. You can appreciate them as straight-up adventures, but you can also view them metaphorically. Probably not many of us have been literally locked away in towers, but we know how it feels to be constrained. To want to be loved and protected, but also free.

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