Regrets, I’ve had a few. But none of them involve not going on a magical adventure when I was eleven. Maybe when I was six, seven tops, not eleven. But not taking the road not taken is exactly what Zach regrets in Erin Morgenstern’s magical fantasy novel The Starless Sea (paperback Kindle, audiobook). With the book newly released in paperback, I spoke with Erin via email about what inspired and influenced this story, and some of it, I must warn you, got a little cute.