Goodreads asked Spencer Steeves:

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

Spencer Steeves The idea for Everything Under the Sun came from several sources, as most books do. One of my all-time favorite series, the Enduring Flame by Mercedes Lackey is the series I have read the most times(Listened to it twice and read it once.) In that series, there is a large portion that takes place in a desert called the Isvai. It was from that series that I attained my interest in the desert. The other characters came from a different source. I was in a class for game design, and we had two projects, a board game, and a video game. During the design of the video game, my idea for Amaru, the Sun Maiden, and her Mother Yamaria, the Goddess of the Sun was born. Then, when it came to the board game, I realized I had to make more characters to represent the players and the enemies, and from there several other characters were developed: Leonidas Braveheart, Cynthia Flashstrike(Who won't appear until Book 2) and an older knight who eventually became Casinius. For the city aspect, I was inspired by the Fallen Kingdom series, where I also found ideas for a few other characters.

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