Letter to the Reader

When galleys of a new book are sent out to readers, editors often include a short letter from the author, telling a couple of things about how the book came into being. A couple of months ago, Greenwillow sent out ARCs of Black Hole Sun, and they asked me write a such a letter, letting the reader know how I came up with a future dystopia on Mars.  The response from the letter was pretty good, so I thought I would share it:

Black Hole Sun is a novel set in a dystopian future. So of course, I'm...