Author Interviews (Blogspot): Q&A With Isabel Booth
In this Q&A for the Author Interviews blog, Isabel Booth walks through how Then He Was Gone got its title, admits she spends more time on a novel's opening lines than anywhere else, and traces two scenes back to real memories: a driving moment in Rocky Mountain National Park that stayed with her for years, and a child's drawing from her volunteer work at a low-income elementary school that inspired a scene involving Nick. She also credits her own family's hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park, and her two sons, as the emotional starting point for the novel.
