Kathy Houser asked Mikki Brammer:

What inspired you to write a novel? And why this particular subject?

Mikki Brammer Hi Kathy! I actually never imagined I’d write a novel before I had the idea for this one. It began while I was trying to understand my own anxieties around the topic of death, which I’d had since I was a kid. Instead avoiding everything about it—books, articles, podcasts—I’d decided to get curious about it. And that’s when I learned about the concept of a death doula, which struck me as such a noble thing to do, and I wondered what would inspire someone to choose that professional path. Then I thought, ‘what if I could write a book about death for people like me who usually avoid anything death-related, and make it fun, uplifting and optimistic instead of maudlin and depressing’? And that’s how Clover came about!

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