Goodreads asked Nancye Thomas:

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

Nancye Thomas I got the idea for Picky the Marvelous Chicken from the owner and trainer of the chicken. The chicken belonged to my sister, deceased in 2009. The story is true. Over the years she trained Picky and she would call me or write me to tell me things that Picky could do or that happened to her. I kept all the notes re: Picky’s antics. We would laugh and talk about her and vowed we would write a book about her at some future time. I was going to write, and she was going to illustrate the book since she was an artist. Unfortunately my sister died unexpectedly in 2009. I decided to write the book as a tribute to her memory.

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