Goodreads asked Geoffreyjen Edwards:

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

Geoffreyjen Edwards The book I am working on right now, Apprentice: The First Book of Eco, focuses on a pair of sisters on a planet inhabited by sessile (motionless) aliens. One of the sisters has schizophrenia. I have known several people with this illness, and I spent time in a research institute dedicated to studying such things. I also believe that mental illness is often mishandled - overly romanticized, misunderstood or stereotyped, and so on. I hope my treatment of the subjects honours those with the condition.

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