Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
John Corey Whaley apparently used to write stories about aliens, underwater civilizations, and zombies when he was a kid… hmm, does that sound like a certain Cullen Witter to you? (Source)
Apparently, John Corey Whaley did not start off with the idea of weaving Cullen's story with Benton's at all. He only started thinking about how he needed a different perspective about ten chapters in. (Source)
The whole inspiration of the Lazarus bird apparently came from a radio story on NPR about the Ivory-billed woodpecker, which was found in Brinkley, Arkansas. (Source)