April Henry
A lot of my books start with a "What if?" It might be a real news story. Like Girl, Stolen was inspired by a real local blind girl who was briefly kidnapped when someone stole her mom's car. I saw her on the news and thought - but what if he had kept her? The Girl I Used to Be was inspired by a real 30 yo case - I thought what if you found out your dad was not a killer but a victim? The Lonely Dead started when I thought "What if you could see and talk to the dead?" Run, Hide, Fight Back began with me wondering how we would deal with a terrorist attack on a shopping mall here, which really did happen in Kenya.
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Kaitlyn Black
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April Henry:
So I finished Girl, Stolen in sixth grade, and The Body in the Woods a couple of months ago. I'm just starting Blood Will Tell. You are one of my favorite authors. I can't wait to finish Blood will Tell!!! You are amazing. Are there any other books that you are planning to write?
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