Goodreads asked Shannon A. Thompson:

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

Shannon A. Thompson Death Before Daylight – aside from being the third book in The Timely Death Trilogy – does have a unique creation behind it. As many of you know, The Timely Death Trilogy was born from a series of dreams I had as a teenager (which some of the dream sequences are seen in the second book), and this caused me to write the second book first. Then, I realized Seconds Before Sunrise didn't make sense without an opening novel, so Minutes Before Sunset was born. That being said, the first two books didn't feel complete, so I went to coffee with a close friend, and we spoke about the novels in detail. The next day, she called me with a dream she had on her own, and it struck a cord. Death Before Daylight was then born. The last book was inspired by my friend's dream, and the last book is also dedicated to her. The dedication reads: Dedicated to Alex – for dreaming up daylight in a dark place.

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