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chaotic energy." This included the public's fear that anyone could be a victim of the Son of Sam, as this was prior to him being caught and identified as David
Berkowitz and there was fear that he could be "anywhere and anybody". Medina chose to also feature the character of Nora experiencing second-wave feminism, commenting that she felt that it was important for modern readers to see feminism as something they could impact and appreciate. It took Medina three years to complete the book, half of which was spent writing and the other was spent editing and fine-tuning. As she was only thirteen when Berkowitz was captured and arrested in 1977, Medina conducted extensive research and interviewed people who were teens or adults during that point in time.
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