Goodreads asked Auryn Hadley:

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

Auryn Hadley My ideas come from the world around me. They say to write what you know. I would like to add, "imagine what you don't" to that.

Watching a man buy his daughter a meal in a fancy restaurant, seeing a couple kiss in the park, listening to an angry customer in a story can all become the spark for a new universe. From kings who make their daughter the heir to the throne of Norihame, a girl fighting against cancer, or an alien species of predators fighting for their freedom, it doesn't take much to get my mind lost in "Elsewhere".

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