Goodreads asked Anne Sweazy-Kulju:

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

Anne Sweazy-Kulju Thanks for asking a great question about "Grog Wars"!

I am a total history-geek so I am always watching the History channel and lots of documentaries and such. One day I was blowing dry my hair and my husband in the other room had the TV turned up to hear. It was so loud, I caught a snag of something about the original owner of the Brewery we know as Schlitz. I thought I heard that the man, August Krug, suffered a fatal freak accident, and his bookkeeper, Schlitz, married the widow and took over the business. I was intrigued; what I heard was, "conspiracy."

That's really all it takes for me. I am a lot like the Pitbulls I rescue, in that when I sink my teeth into something, they pretty much lock on to it. It was really hard finding out how Krug died, and that made me wonder. When I finally did find out, via a research student from the University of Wisconsin, I wondered even more...but I don't want to spoil it for you.

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