Setanya Koltovsky
Setanya Koltovsky asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

In light of the name Greenwell and its fame for cheese production, did anything about Wisconsin lend itself to the setting of Penric's origin?

Lois McMaster Bujold
No relation whatsoever. The name actually started out as Redwell, in the first draft, but I thought it sounded too much like Redwall.

(Switzerland, however, had some utility as a historical source.)

I confess I've never heard of Greenwell, Wisconsin.

Ta, L.

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