Barbara asked Jillian Cantor:

I am curious if any of this story was based upon actual people or events ? I enjoy books based on letters since both books I wrote were based on actual letters my grandmother had saved. You might enjoy her memoir " Elsie- Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916." I am now working on a historical novel, and those characters are so very vivid in my mind. I look forward to reading this book.

Jillian Cantor The Lost Letter was inspired by what I read about real resistance workers during WWII and real stamps that engravers created to work with the resistance. But my characters were not based on real people, no! There are a lot of real events in the book, such as Kristallnacht and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Best of luck with your novel!

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