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Goodreads asked Deborah Siddoway:

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

Deborah Siddoway The idea for Dark Waters first came to me when I was on my way to a seminar on Charles Dickens and Urania Cottage, which was a home he founded with Angela Burdett Coutts for the reform of what he termed fallen women. I was walking along Emery Hill Street in London towards the bus stop when I felt someone touch the back of my neck. I turned to see who it was, but no one was there. In fact, no one was anywhere near me. As I tried to convince myself that I had imagined that feathery touch on the back of my neck, I wondered what any ghost would be doing on Emery Hill Street on a cold London evening. The germ of a story was beginning to infect me. The novel started from there.

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