A Goodreads user asked Brian McBride:

Are any of the locations in your books inspired by real life places you've been to?

Brian McBride Yes! Many of the settings I use are based on places I've visited in real life! My debut, Love and the Sea and Everything in Between, was set in San Francisco. I lived in Oakland (across the bay) for a time. I also set a scene in that book at Point Reyes, which I've been to myself! My second novel, Every Bright and Broken Thing, is set in an entirely fictional town. However, I based a few of the individual settings on real places. The cemetery scene was based on a cemetery in my hometown, for example. And Sons of Slaughter, of course, is set in my hometown itself!

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