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Goodreads asked Loren Greene:

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

Loren Greene I actually wrote Meet You By Hachiko in 2008, so I had to reach back pretty far to remember where the idea came from. I believe I had seen on Tumblr, a photo of a young girl in Harajuku wearing a striking outfit. I knew about magazines like Fruits already and that a cool fashion culture existed in that area.

I thought it would be fun to write a story about a protagonist living a "normal" life who decides to reinvent herself based on a photo she sees in a magazine. A couple of months later I was on location in Harajuku and snapping up magazines for research. I was even inspired to try out a few new styles myself!

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