Goodreads asked Sarah Courtney:

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

Sarah Courtney I love fairy tale rewrites. Melanie Cellier, K.M. Shea, Gail Carson Levine, and Shannon Hale are all writers I adore. I'd love to write my own fairy tale adaptation or even series someday. I've had a Cinderella story unfinished for years that I'd like to get to someday.

Since I've been reading and loving Pride and Prejudice variations, I thought I'd take a stab at writing a fairy tale adaptation that fit in with Pride and Prejudice. Fairy tales are so universally applicable that it was easy to see hints of them in Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy's behavior, especially when colored with Elizabeth's opinion of him, certainly does make him a bit of a Beast! Some of the others were easy jumps, like the forgotten sister Mary as Cinderella. Others took a little consideration, like redrawing Kitty as the Little Mermaid in reverse.

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