Selena Blake asked Susan Meier:

You've written over 65 books if I remember correctly. How do you come up with names for characters and have you ever duplicated by accident?

Susan Meier I have duplicated names because there are some names I simply love. One is Michael. That's my husband's name. When I first began writing, I named every hero Michael...because my husband was my hero. :)

I love heroes named Nick and Jake. Heroines named Kate and Sabina.

But now that books stay alive forever thanks to technology and ebooks, I'm not repeating. To get more interesting names, I listen to names of characters on television or names new moms are giving to their babies. I also have a baby name book. That helps a lot.

Names are the most important part of characterization, so I take a long time and work to find just the right name for each character!

Thanks for asking. <3

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