Christina VanHuss (Cox)
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Lenore H. Gay:
What interested you in setting your novel in such a time?
Lenore H. Gay
I wanted to write about an event that affected the country. In 2008 I decided to take on a big theme: terrorism and peoples’ responses to the fear and deprivation a crisis brings. I began writing Shelter of Leaves that year.
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