A Goodreads user asked Sanjida Kay:

What inspired you to write The Stolen Child?

Sanjida Kay A friend of a friend wanted to adopt a child from birth and she’d heard of a woman who was being forced to give up her baby because she was a drug addict.

I thought, what if that child was adopted and went to a lovely home, but then the father finds out what has happened and he wants his child back? What lengths would he go to find the daughter he believed had been stolen from him? Hmm, guess that’s the thriller writer in me, turning a happy story into something darker!

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