Goodreads asked Bryl Davidson:

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

Bryl Davidson When I was growing up my brother and I loved treasure hunts and our dad was great at clues and riddles. One day we found a slip of paper with the words TALKING TEAPOT handwritten on it and the numbers 009572. We thought it was a treasure hunt clue and spent days trying to solve it. Eventually we asked our Dad who knew nothing about it. We never found out what the words and numbers meant but they stayed in the back of my mind and eventually grew into this book.

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