Goodreads asked April Voytko Kempler:

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

April Voytko Kempler There is this long stretch of road between Reno, NV and Los Angeles, CA, the 395 Highway. Along this dry, vacant land is an interesting historic site, called Manzanar. I had been working on my father-in-law's Holocaust memoir during the time I was driving back and forth along this route to visit my family, so I was naturally drawn to these wooden barracks and what looked like a guard tower. Intrigued, I wanted to know what this place was! Manzanar, I learned, was used as a Japanese-American relocation center during World War Two. This subject book-ended nicely with the Holocaust memoir and it was such a natural fit to focus on for my next project that I couldn't resist doing some research. What I discovered was enough to fuel my imagination for a story. I'm still in the process of researching this idea, but it's one I really can't wait to see develop.

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