Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy: Book 3)

'Inkdeath came to life in my new home in Los Angeles. For the first time, I had enough room to put up all the photographs and paintings that inspired me to write. Hundreds of notes with ideas and plot points covered my bookshelves (yes, I also had room for my books!), and in front of the window my son played. When I sat down to write the first chapter, it felt like meeting up with very old friends. In the story, only two months have passed since Dustfinger’s death and so it felt for me. Some of you may know that Rolf, my husband of twenty-six years, became sick and died shortly before I finished this book. You may wonder if the loss and the grief my children and I felt made me write a story that deals so much with death. But it’s not true. The story was told already, and only a few lines felt wrong and had to be rewritten.'