Goodreads asked Doug Wilhelm:

How do you get inspired to write?

Doug Wilhelm Up until this new book, all my novels are for middle schoolers -- and I'm generally inspired by real kids, by the things they share with me and the things they deal with. Growing up isn't easy, and the middle-school years can be the most challenging, confusing time of all. This is the period of developing, through all the turbulence and intensity, from children into young adults. A very large part of our attitudes, our values, our sense of ourselves and how (or if) we can fit in, what we hope to do and to be, are formed during these years. So I'm inspired by the challenge of writing meaningful, suspenseful stories that connect with this time in people’s lives.

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