There’s a scene in The Wild Hunt where our main character, Lily, gets lost and wanders a faerie path. Her adventure is based on personal experience!

Once, I made a school trip to a historical city that’s built on top of a hill, for strategic reasons (city’s Toledo, if you’re curious). After a short organized visit, our teachers let us loose and a friend and I tried to find our way to various interesting spots. We only ever managed to get to the Jewish quarter, though. From then on, any street...