Goodreads asked Luna Wright:

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

Luna Wright The original thought experiment that led to The Blackest Blue doesn't really look anything like the novel that ended up existing. Some of the themes come into play in subtle ways, but it evolved a lot. Basically, the idea was: what would it look like if the government made people pass qualifying exams or meet certain traits in order to have children. This spun out into thinking about how this might be enforced and implemented, and what a society like that would look like. Again, the novel didn't end up looking much like this idea, and those themes weren't the focus, but that idea was the seed!

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