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Goodreads asked Tracie McBride:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Tracie McBride Not a whole plot, but definitely the seed for one - when I was about 10 years old, I spent some holiday time with a relative who had baby daughters. Bored one day, I was checking out the teddy bears in their cots, and one large bear had a zip down its back. I opened the zip to see what was inside...and found it stuffed full with bundles of $20 bills. Being vaguely aware that I was probably not meant to know about the existence of this money, I zipped the bear closed and never said a word to anyone until decades later.
The bear has made a minor appearance in one of my short stories. Where the money came from and why it was concealed in a child's toy remains a mystery.

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