Goodreads asked Peter Guzzardi:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Peter Guzzardi I'm an independent book editor. One day I was visiting a book publisher when I noticed an oversized book on his shelf about "The Wizard of Oz." In that moment I had an epiphany, which I blurted out loud. I said, "I've edited a lot of brilliant authors in my long career, but everything I learned from them was right there in that film I first watched when I was eleven years old!" He loved the idea and suggested I write up a book proposal. I did, and here we are five years later, but that's another story.

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