A Closer Look

The Story Behind the Story

The idea for Double Take popped into my head when I left a job as a full-time editor to become a full-time author. I began looking at children’s books from the opposite side of the desk. It got me thinking about point of view and perspective, and how crucial it is to evaluate ideas from different sides. Like a rollercoaster ride, Double Take starts off slowly with simple opposite words—in/out, asleep/awake, black/white—but then ratchets up into relative words and taps into the fluidity of ideas. Point of view is the corkscrew on the track! When I wrote the book, little did I imagine it would be published in a world of “fake news” and “alternate facts”; doing a double take seems more essential than ever. But in the end, it’s the yin and yang of this world, our interconnectedness, that makes the rollercoaster go round.