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There was a female American ornithologist and photographer at that time – Cordelia Stanwood – who spent hours photographing and observing birds. The year 1885 was such an interesting time because photography was just becoming accessible to the common person.

Your heroine, Sophie, is ahead of her time: she eschews social convention and develops a passion for photography. Letters and documents add credibility to what would otherwise be an unbelievable story, so I thought they would make it seem more authentic, even though some of the things that happen are wild and amazing. Was that structure informed by the primary source material? The novel comprises fictional journals, letters, photographs and museum caption cards.