Shelley Sackier is the author of The Freemason's Daughter, Dear Opl, and the recently released The Antidote.From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: How did you create the world you write about in The Antidote?Visit Shelley Sackier's website.
A: Sometimes I feel I spend more time on researching my books than I do actually penning the story. But this is where I feel most creatively inspired. I seek out books, experts, and places within the world that will formulate a setting which is the ground where I plant my narrative seeds.
It feels rather effortless to choose a canvas where the sphere of the story will unfold, as long as I pursue those old textbooks, or hedge witches, or biologists, or crumbling castles and steep myself within them. The world is rich with hidden realms waiting to be discovered. I love the...[read on]
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