Ann Amaral
Ann Amaral asked Kristan Higgins:

How you pick your location(s) for a book. How were you inspired to choose a particular location? Are they places you visited and said, "this is a really interesting place. The next time I write a book I'm going to set it in this location". What about the location did you find particularly? Are the streets and houses as you saw them or did you make up street names and towns and neighborhoods?

Kristan Higgins Generally, the book idea and characters come first, and then I find a setting to match (and challenge) them. All my setting are based on real places, and I've visited all of them. I make them as realistic as possible, but also like the freedom of plopping a park or mountain down if the plot requires it.

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