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

Michael Gerhardt BLACK PAWN: I was at a party and met a refugee from Liberia. He told me how poor the country was, saying that everyone would be better off "if only he could give each family a chicken. Then they would at least have one egg a day." After that, I had to write a story about how the country got into that situation.

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