There are loads of books I devoured over and over, so I think it’s more a case of a lot of smaller impressions rather than one book in particular. What book made the strongest impression on you as a child? That, along with the castle on a hill from that earlier seed, began to shape Jemma’s story. Years later, teen angst and rebellion made me imagine what I think a lot of kids that age imagine: What if this isn’t really my family? What if I was dropped here by mistake? Though family resemblance made it obvious that in my case the stork had got it right, the idea of displacement stayed with me. I conceptualized that as a child living in a castle on a remote crag, dreaming of a wider world beyond its walls. My childhood home felt fairly remote, and until I went to school at age 5, life was pretty isolated. The idea came to me years ago at a workshop where participants were asked to imagine their lives as a fairy tale. What inspired you to write The Flame in the Mist? It features Jemma, a fiery-headed heroine held captive in Agromond Castle, yet destined to save mist-shrouded Anglavia. Set in an imagined past, The Flame in the Mist is a dark fantasy-adventure sure to please fans of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass. We’re joined today by debut author Kit Grindstaff to talk about her new book, The Flame in the Mist, on sale next Tuesday, April 9 th, as well as her writing process and what inspires her.
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