Goodreads asked Loretta Marion:

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

Loretta Marion This is always a great question. But not so easy to answer in the case of The Fool's Truth. The opening scene, in which a young mother comforts her crying daughter while calmly stepping around a dead body, was written years before the idea for the book began to germinate in my head. I had this image of a woman escaping into her mind, blocking out the tragic scene before her and acting as if nothing had happened. I knew it held the kernel of a good tale, but I had to wait patiently for the rest of the story to take root and for the characters to come together.

Rebekah, the peculiar witch-like hermit was the first to take shape, but when Cordelia began to develop as a desperate woman on the run, I knew it had to be the thread of her story that would connect the other characters.

As The Fool's Truth evolved into a tale of dark and dangerous secrets, the disparate male leads, Sheriff Homer Pruitt, nosy reporter Russell Payne and the inscrutable Ramon Alvarez, each added depth and a unique perspective to the progression of the story.

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