We have been asked this question a few times, and in most cases is it due to the reader skipping the prologue at the beginning of the novel, which is crucial to understanding the narrative.

Michael Lieber has never publicly explained why he wears a blue scarf.

Unclear. In 2019 he was quoted in saying, that he stole the thimble from his Mother's sewing box as a child and wears it for personal reasons. But later stated in 2023, that he found it on a beach.

Michael Lieber is believed to have been born in Sutton Coldfield, which is a civil parish in the city of Birmingham, England. However, a 2013 article in the Deccan Herald states he was born in Tenby, Wales. Other sources say Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.