Goodreads asked Elizabeth Rosner:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Elizabeth Rosner My most recent novel, ELECTRIC CITY, was inspired by my realization that I hadn't yet written about the place in which I grew up --- Schenectady, NY. Some of the main characters were inspired by historical figures --- especially Charles Proteus Steinmetz. And other characters came to me in chance encounters, both real and imaginary. I wanted to write about home, that place both literal and metaphorical, and the ways we become ourselves.

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