Goodreads asked Isabel Quintero:

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

Isabel Quintero I got the idea for Gabi, A Girl in Pieces from a lot of places. A lot who Gabi is, is who I was at her age; though she is a lot braver than I would have been. I was really shy around boys and had a hard time talking to them beyond the realm of friendship. A lot of the story is taken from incidents I knew or heard about in high school, college, as a teacher, and in everyday life, so while the story is entirely fictional, a lot is based on real occurrences.

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