Goodreads asked Pamela Kay Hawkins:

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

Pamela Kay Hawkins Most of my ideas come from wondering about what people would do if. If this happens to this character, then how would they deal with it and how would it change them? That's where I got the idea for Laurie Billings. I've always been fascinated with the life experiences that "suddenly" turn a little girl into a young woman. So I took a young girl of 14, nearly 15, threw her a lot of curves during her pivotal year, and found out what happened. The good news for me was that I liked her better at the end of the book.

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