Ashley asked Kasie West:

Hey Kasie! I'm currently reading By Your Side and it's probably my favorite of yours yet! I especially like how you've set it in Utah; we're really underrepresented in books in my opinion! You seem to know a lot of real-life, smaller cities, so I was wondering: did you ever live in Utah?

Kasie West I'm so happy you're enjoying it. And I love Utah! I have never lived there (well, actually now that I say that, I realize I did live there one summer after I turned 19, but it was only for 2 months so I wasn't really counting it). But my husband grew up in Brigham City and his entire family still lives there so we visit a lot. Between writing conferences and family visits I'm in Utah at least four times a year. I was happy to make it the setting of one of my books.

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