Goodreads asked Violet Lumani:

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

Violet Lumani I grew up around people reading coffee cups to tease out the future or reciting dreams in the hopes someone might know what the dream "meant," so the idea for a group of people who can see or interpret the future came early on. And although I struggled with whether or not to make it known, this is an #ownvoices work when it comes to the main character Cassie's OCD and anxiety.

The combination of wanting to explore my own mind, the anxiety inherent in always looking to the future, and my desire to create a fictional place where someone could feasibly trade the faux control OCD gives folks for real control was something that kept calling my name.

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