Writing a letter to the author of Shiloh

I would like to know how you came up with the name Shiloh. I would also like to know how you made Marty’s family. Did you base Marty’s family off yours? Did someone like Judd scare you ever? If yes what was the persons name. Shiloh was such a wonderful story. I loved it at the end when Judd gave Shiloh to Marty. I think they that it was a wonderful story and i hope you do more! Do you like that they made it into a story? And did you think that they did a good job on the movie?

We found such a dog when we were visiting friends in the little community of Shiloh, West Virginia.  No, I didn’t base the characters on anyone I knew–I never do that.  I just think of the story itself, and what the different characters would be like and act like in such a situation.  I thought the movie was done well, and was very much like the book, even though they added a girl character and made the ending more dramatic.  They left out Marty’s friend, David Howard, but he shows up in a later movie.