MarcAbrahams, 
'The story that I always tell when I speak to groups is about [my book,] "Cats are a Liquid." That is the fastest I have ever gotten an idea, written it down, and sent it to an agent. It was listening to an NPR story about the Ig Nobel prizes' https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/49724/20240426/the-story-spark-a-conversation-with-potsdam-children-s-author-rebecca-donnelly