Goodreads asked David E. Grogan:

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

David E. Grogan My most recent book, The Hidden Key, was released by Camel Press on April 14th, 2020. It was a long time coming. I actually came up with the idea for The Hidden Key after hearing about Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code. Since I love history, I was intrigued by the idea of writing a story that involved ancient relics. Thinking about it further, I'm sure Raiders of the Lost Ark also had something to do with it, as I thought that was an incredibly creative way to weave a story around ancient artifacts. The problem was, I wasn't ready to write the story yet. I was still refining the manuscript for my first book, The Siegel Dispositions, so I didn't have the characters or the writing skills necessary to put The Hidden Key together. I was also on active duty in the Navy and had some of the most challenging assignments of my career ahead of me, so I had to put the project on the back burner. Finally, in 2016, after I'd completed the manuscript for my second book, Sapphire Pavilion, I was ready. It took me two years to write The Hidden Key and another year for it to roll off the presses, but it is finally here. And, to celebrate, I read The Da Vinci Code, which I had avoided for all of these years so as not to be overly influenced by Dan Brown's story. I have to say, I really enjoyed The Da Vinci Code.

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