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Have you ever found the topic for your next book while researching the one you are currently writing, or do they usually just come to you through other means?

Erik Larson I discovered the hurricane that is central to Isaac's Storm while looking into a historical murder. My research on that murder led me, indirectly, to do Devil in the White City.
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Was there a particular character in Devil in the White City that you sympathized with the most?

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