Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
The very first publisher who saw Fablehaven published it. That's pretty rare, yo. (Source.)
Reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Lord of the Rings turned Brandon Mull into a fantasy writer. (Source.)
Mull used to live in Connecticut, which is part of what inspired him to set Fablehaven there. (Source.)