Goodreads asked Constanza Mayer:

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

Constanza Mayer Well, the world created by Tolkien is definitely my main inspiration. I fell in love with his work and also with Peter Jackson's movies and Howard Shore's amazing music. I started to role play online on a Harry Potter forum with friends, written role play, created an elven character and then realised I loved writing about elves and fantastic worlds, so I decided to create my own world with elves, dwarves, wizards, magic. And I've always been living in my own worlds in my head, so it was just a matter of finding the door and walking in.

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