Topic: How did you come up with this idea and your research? Thank you for hosting me! In The Misremembered Lighthouse , historian and author Hayley Hunter rents a lighthouse converted into a rental property near the North Carolina coast. She uses it as a base to research her next book and continue her genealogy work, only to discover that the original lighthouse keeper, a Scottish immigrant named Jonathan Corbyn, haunts it. The lighthouse was inspired by the Ocracoke Light Station, which was only in use for less than twenty years due to shifting channels, and by the Wicklow Head Lighthouse in Ireland, which has been turned into a holiday rental. I loved its round rooms, natural lighting, spiraling staircases, and views of the water, skies, and seabirds. I combined the two to create the Corbyn Lighthouse near Wilmington, North Carolina, which is named for its only keeper, Jonathan Corbyn. I am intrigued by the Scots who migrated to North Carolina after the B...