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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>The Historical Hauntings That Inspired This Novel</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/plot-planning/8455/the-historical-hauntings-that-inspired-this-novel</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>The Historical Hauntings That Inspired This Novel</title><link>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/plot-planning/8455/the-historical-hauntings-that-inspired-this-novel</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:50:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:00cb3d3c-0472-46fb-877c-fd4ec3ef14b0</guid><dc:creator>Christina Li</dc:creator><comments>https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/fiction/w/plot-planning/8455/the-historical-hauntings-that-inspired-this-novel#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Plot Planning by Christina Li on 10/27/2025 8:50:33 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christina Li shares the historical context that inspired her novel, &lt;em&gt;The Manor of Dreams,&lt;/em&gt; her adult literary debut. She is the award-winning author of children&amp;rsquo;s and young adult books &lt;em&gt;Clues to the Universe, Ruby Lost and Found,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;True Love and Other Impossible Odds,&lt;/em&gt; which have been selected as a &lt;em&gt;Washington Post&lt;/em&gt; summer book club pick, one of the &lt;em&gt;NPR&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;New York Public Library Best Books of the Year&lt;/em&gt;, and recognized for the &lt;em&gt;Asian Pacific American Librarians&amp;rsquo; Award for Best Children&amp;rsquo;s Literature&lt;/em&gt;. For more on Christina Li visit: &lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Christina-Li/213966675"&gt;https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Christina-Li/213966675&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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