Goodreads asked Shelli Rottschafer:

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

Shelli Rottschafer Stay North is inspired by my love of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is one of my places of refuge. The story itself germinated in my mind over several years, influenced by Jim Harrison's novellas and also Ernest Hemingway's short stories. It is a Place-Based novella, and I have personally primitive backpacked and camped on Grand Island. It is a gem in Lake Superior near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

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