Marlene Ocampo asked Nancy Springer:

I was very satisfied with how you ended the Enola Holmes series in The Gypsy Good-bye, but needless to say, I am overjoyed to go on more adventures with Enola. :) Was there anything in particular that inspired you to make more books in the series again?

Nancy Springer Eris Augustine, Enola herself was content to stop after six books, but her readers never let up messaging and e-mailing me that they wanted more. Truth to tell, sequels scare me; they're seldom as good as their origins, and I never like to do the same thing twice anyway -- as a writer I'm all over the map. I detest self-imitation. But after hundreds of requests, it seemed as if I should at least try...and lo and behold, Enola obliged with greatest zest! I'm delighted to be spending my days with her again.

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