Davis Bunn
Dear Claire,
Thank you so much for your question. I've actually been waiting five years for someone to ask about this. I knew it would raise some eyebrows, and I hesitated a long time before actually diving into the story. But when I finally prepared the initial pages, including that death-on-the-beach scene, my editor thought I had something special. And, to be honest, so did I.
The concept actually began to take shape years earlier, when I read F Scott Fitzgerald's short story, ' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. The longer I read, the more upset I became. I felt like the concept held such beauty, and so much potential, but the way he shaped it was, in my opinion, unnecessarily dark. Then the film came out, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, and produced by Kathleen Kennedy - who is the guiding hand behind so many of Steven Spielberg's films. They took the basic concept and transformed it into a love story. Watching this, I felt like they had touched upon the compass heading I wanted to take in a sort of fantasy-type story, one where love between two people was so strong it overcame the normal boundaries of life.
Again, thank you so much for writing.
Warm personal regards,
Davis
Thank you so much for your question. I've actually been waiting five years for someone to ask about this. I knew it would raise some eyebrows, and I hesitated a long time before actually diving into the story. But when I finally prepared the initial pages, including that death-on-the-beach scene, my editor thought I had something special. And, to be honest, so did I.
The concept actually began to take shape years earlier, when I read F Scott Fitzgerald's short story, ' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. The longer I read, the more upset I became. I felt like the concept held such beauty, and so much potential, but the way he shaped it was, in my opinion, unnecessarily dark. Then the film came out, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, and produced by Kathleen Kennedy - who is the guiding hand behind so many of Steven Spielberg's films. They took the basic concept and transformed it into a love story. Watching this, I felt like they had touched upon the compass heading I wanted to take in a sort of fantasy-type story, one where love between two people was so strong it overcame the normal boundaries of life.
Again, thank you so much for writing.
Warm personal regards,
Davis
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Davis Bunn:
Hello, Mr. Bunn. I've enjoyed reading several of your books. I am currently reading the Christmas Hummingbird. In the book you speak of a seven-book series called "The Elven Child". What I'm wondering is if this is a fictional series that you created for the storyline; or if it is an actual series that was in print years ago? Thank you for taking time to answer my question. May God bless you.
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