Goodreads asked Madeleine Mitchell:

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

Madeleine Mitchell I was reading an English newspaper about the Lincoln Assassination one day and I saw a photo of Lewis Thornton Powell sitting in manacles awaiting trial for his part in the Assassination attempt on William Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State. For some odd reason, the expression on his face intrigued me and I couldn't seem to accept that this young man was a monsters as depicted in history. I made my mission to research his life and find out more about him. I did this with the help of his official biographer, historian Betty Ownsbey, who very kindly became my technical adviser for the novel.

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