David Wroblewski is the author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle was interviewed in yesterday’s Boston Globe.

Though Wroblewski lives in Colorado and the book – which took more than 10 years to complete – is set in the Midwest, several New England writers played key roles in its success. They’re amazed, too, even as they admired Wroblewski’s talent. “None of us have ever seen anything like this,” said Richard Russo, the Maine novelist who worked with Wroblewski at an early stage. “I don’t think anyone would have predicted it.” Margot Livesey of Cambridge, who helped Wroblewski throughout the project, said he impressed her from the beginning. “The first time I met David, he knew where he was going,” she said. “It’s a testimony to his vision and stubbornness that he made a very long journey from that early vision.”