Goodreads asked Glynis Peters:

How do you get inspired to write?

Glynis Peters Well, for example, The Secret Orphan was inspired by a young Canadian dressed in the blue serge uniform of the air force, selling Poppies on the streets of North Vancouver. He smiled, and I was reminded of how many countries supported Britain through the war, and of how devastated his mother would be if she never saw that smile again. Research gave me the city of Coventry, a poem about a Rose and the river Sherbourne, gave me the character of my orphan. Research often inspires a scene or two.

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