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Goodreads asked Cheri Vause:

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

Cheri Vause I love ballet. A hundred years ago I did a little dancing, and ballet has always been my favorite, and the old musicals. I had a discussion with my daughters about choreography when some film came out that was from an old Bob Fosse staged musical. Even though the dancing was interesting, it was not Fosse's. They kept arguing with me until they went to see one of the musical's he choreographed using his choreography. They both came home and said,"Wow, mom! I see what you mean. It's so much better." Most of the musicals today employ cheerleader style dancing, which is interesting, but not stemming from the classic style of ballet.

This gave me an idea to employ a murder mystery surrounding a ballet company. Also, being a fan of The Red Shoes, and other ballet centric stories, I thought it was a perfect fit, like a ballet slipper. The Night Shadow is a ballet choreographed by the Grande Ballet Master himself, George Balanchine, and I employed a noirish atmosphere surrounding night shadows.

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