Maggie asked Melanie Dickerson:

Hello, Is there a site where you find all your names for your characters? Like Mr. Edgerton, and Nicolas Landon. I love those names. Except I don't like the character, Mr. Edgerton. And do you think you will ever put pictures of the hero's on the back of the cover? Thanks.

Melanie Dickerson Hi, Maggie! No, I don't have a certain site. Sometimes a name will just pop into my head as I think about a character. More often I change the character's name a few times before I find the one I like. I will sometimes get names from the credits of a British movie, but I usually get names from census lists or other historical records from my place and time period of my setting. And I don't know about the hero appearing on the cover. My publishers make those decisions, but maybe someday.

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