With these in mind, I began writing a dark and gritty turn on a fairytale-turned-tragedy.ĭust & Stars: The Real-Life Tragedies Behind May and LinnĪ lot of readers have resonated with May or Linn, and I can tell you that they are the two characters closest to my heart in this series. When I began reading and wanting to write YA fantasy, I hadn’t seen many characters who looked, spoke, and acted like me in books. And I wanted to show the rampant complicity that our society plays in facilitating this - whether we are simply unaware, or whether we choose to turn away when confronted with these issues. I wanted to critique the way this industry thrives in the cracks between the laws, and how it preys on the weak and the vulnerable. This led me to research the depths and continuing ramifications of human trafficking, something which I realized was oft-overlooked and had never been explored in young adult literature - and is still one of the largest illicit global industries to this day. His ancestors had been brought from Southern China to Canada as coolies, and (we assume) worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway under indentured labor. It was also around this time that I met my now-fiancé, and learned of his family history. This led me to begin asking questions: what if Anastasia had somehow survived? What if she wasn’t your typical beautiful, graceful princess, but instead a monster reviled by society? And what if I created a story exploring the downfall of Russia’s monarchy and the dark sides of an imperial dynasty? I grew up loving the animated movie ANASTASIA, yet I knew the story of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna had ended quite differently.
Petersburg and staring at the portraits of Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov and his daughters and feeling fascinated. Given my international upbringing, I’ve always had a love for world history, and I remember taking a trip to the Winter Museum in St. I began writing BLOOD HEIR in 2014, when my family and I took a trip together to Russia.
How Blood Heir Began: Character & Story Inspirations
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