Goodreads asked Cindy Callaghan:

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

Cindy Callaghan My daughter and two of her kooky friends cooking in my kitchen one day was the inspiration for a “cooking club.” Then, my wheels got spinning, and I thought about a “secret cooking club.” Why is it secret? And then I became obsessed with the notion of “Kelly Quinn’s Secret Cooking Club”. I surrounded her with different friends, the mean girl next door, put her on a soccer team, and introduced the Rusamano boys. I developed her hometown of Wilmington, giving it an ice cream place, a coffee shop, and a creepy Mexican cooking store with a story all its own.

Throughout the course of the story, the girls need to discover the origins of the mysterious book and learn about its authors.

I wrote furiously for weeks until a very rough draft was done. Then, I edited for years.

JUST ADD MAGIC landed me a literary agent and my first publishing contract, and now it's an Amazon Studios series!

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