Goodreads asked Alec Hastings:

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

Alec Hastings The idea for Otter St. Onge and the Bootleggers came from my love of boys' adventure stories. That dates back to the stories I heard growing up and to the books my dad gave me as a kid, books like Don Sturdy Among the Gorillas, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Tom Swift and His Airship, and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I LOVED, and still love, Huck Finn. He is one of my favorite characters in fiction, and he was certainly part of my inspiration for Otter. Even though Otter and Huck are different in many ways, I think they both have the same innate goodness.

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