m asked Katy Regnery:

Where did you get your inspiration for "Unloved" and are there any books you'd recommend that are similar to it?

Katy Regnery I remember my inspiration very well... my husband and I were driving to the airport and he was telling me about a book he was reading called The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. It was a true account of a serial killer in Chicago at the turn of the last century. He told me that this guy - HH Holmes - would go to the Chicago World's Fair every day, kidnap women, bring them back to his townhouse, torture them and murder them. Meanwhile, he had a wife and two children living at home in the Chicago suburbs. I started thinking about that wife and children. What was it like for them when he was caught? How would it impact them to learn their husband/father was a notorious serial killer? From those dark thoughts, UNLOVED was born.

As for book similar to UNLOVED, I don't know... it's a pretty unique concept. There are lots of books about men who feel rejected by society and live off-the-grid. Mia Sheridan's Archer's Voice is a favorite cross-read. Have you heard of it?

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