Alma Alexander, author of The Secrets of Jin-shei (Nov 2-Nov16)

Please welcome Alma Alexander, author of The Secrets of Jin-shei. Alma will be chatting on LibraryThing until November 16th.

I read The Secrets of Jin-shei back when it first came out. At the time, I was struck by the richness and originality of the world you had created in it. I was just wondering where your inspiration came from? Did you find your work on this book (or any of your other books) influenced by certain authors or works?