As in: that month she started writing it, and also finished. Gong thanks him in her book "for being such an amazing English teacher and having so much passion for teaching Shakespeare. Gong started writing when she started high school "because honestly, there wasn't anything else to do. She engages with her audience – and in the YA market in particular, YA readers want to feel like they know the author too." At the same time, she's aware that our domestic book market is quite separate from the commercial American market.
Source: New Zealand Herald December 04, 2020 03:01 UTC