C.J. Ruby
C.J. Ruby asked Scott Hawkins:

I think it takes a lot of courage to write so dark about children. Who inspired you to go so far? I'm sure you got a lot of feedback from your first readers. Did they encourage you to stick with it or did you just go with your gut?

Scott Hawkins
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