Kristofor asked Daniel Price:

I just finished "The Flight of the Silvers"! It was not what I expected at all. Needless to say it was GREAT! I'm even more excited that the sequel seems to be on its way! Thanks for your gift! Now that I'm done gushing...actual question... Your characters are very vibrant and relatable. Do they mirror people you know personally or have met, or are they completely made up?

Daniel Price Thanks, Kristofor. A complete draft of the sequel is now officially in Penguin's hands. My great new editor is marking the hell out of it as we speak. Hope to know the release date soon.

To answer your question, all of the characters in "The Flight of the Silvers" are the products of my crazy imagination, which means they all have aspects of me and my family and everyone else I've known in my 40 some-odd years. But no one in the story is based on any one living person. That whole "Roman à clef" thing works extremely well for some authors, but I find it limiting. It also makes me feel worse when bad things happen to those characters.

You're going to see a lot more growth of the Silvers in "The Song of the Orphans." The sequel really puts them through the wringer. By the end of the book, some of them will be changed beyond recognition, and not necessarily for the better.

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