Ferdinan Pagaduan asked this question about Coraline:
The protagonist has an unusual name.why it spelled that way?
Samantha (Bookwyrmsam) The author said that he began to write and "Coraline" was a typo for "Caroline" but he saw this spelling and instantly felt that this was a person wit…moreThe author said that he began to write and "Coraline" was a typo for "Caroline" but he saw this spelling and instantly felt that this was a person with a story, so he went with it(less)
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by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
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