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Goodreads asked Lee Irby:

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

Lee Irby Edgar Allan Poe is from Richmond and so am I, and when my career seemed to be at an abyss, I started thinking about his own struggles. I was fascinated by his last trip to Richmond, when he met an old high school sweetheart who was now a wealthy heiress. Her brothers hated Poe, however. Sounded like the outline to a novel...

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