![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the earliest inspirations for The Inheritance Games was my dad. What was your inspiration behind the book? With mystery series, I often end up with two versions of the story in my head: the “this is what the story is if there isn’t a sequel” and the “this is what the story is if there’s going to be another book.” But even in cases where I think a book is the last book in the series, I still weave in a few hints and questions about what the future might hold. That aspect of things was something that happened in revision, once I got confirmation that book two had been greenlit. That said, the very last reveal in the first Inheritance Games book-you know the one!-wasn’t in the first draft. And for The Inheritance Games, I knew how the puzzle sequence in the first book would end and the answer that would be revealed when Avery and the boys solved the last puzzle. That means that for my Naturals series, I always knew who the killer was before I started writing. I always know the answer to the main mystery before I begin writing the book. When writing mystery books like The Inheritance Games, do you already know the outcome and plan ahead for book 2? What does that process look like? Last week, we asked you for any questions you had for Jennifer Lynn Barnes! Now here are her answers! Read on to discover her inspiration behind The Inheritance Games, who her favorite Hawthorne brother is, and her feelings on the color orange! ![]()
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