• The quote by Isak Dinesen in chapter 23 is from Out of Africa, which is the author’s favorite movie.
• The Borders store in chapter 2 was the location of the author’s first book signing of Demon. It no longer exists.
• Esad is based loosely on the story of a Bosnian tailor in the author’s home city.
• The star-shaped perfume bottle that used to sit on Aubrey’s bathroom counter is Angel by Thierry Mugler.
• Lucian’s CARPE BREWEM sweatshirt in chapter 27 came from Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• The Asian man with the receding hairline on the plane in chapter 23 is the author’s father.
• Lucian’s ANIMALS TASTE GOOD T-shirt in chapter 6 is made by David & Goliath.
• The author and her sister have a cameo at the bar of the Four Seasons Hotel.
• Every piece of art mentioned in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts scene in chapter 11 was on display at the time of the chapter’s original writing, in 2005.
• Clay’s small apartment building on Norfolk Street is based on one exactly like it in real life.
• The Gospel Room is a real church the size of a house across the street on Norfolk.
• The Cambridge tea shop in chapter 3 is called Tealuxe.
• All of the Bible searches conducted in Demon (based on BibleGateway.com) yielded the same results that Clay found at the time of the book’s original writing.
• Clay’s office exists as described in Cambridge, across from the former Quantum Books.
• The author is named for a Puccini opera. Both operas mentioned in Demon are Puccini operas.
• The dim sum restaurant in chapter 16 is the China Pearl, in Chinatown.
• The Four Seasons Bristol Lounge was indeed refurbished just before the writing of Demon.
• The subway commuter in chapter 17 is based on the author’s real college anthropology professor.
• The Grover book, The Monster at the End of This Book, in chapter 20 is a real book, acquired by the author in the manner described by Clay.
• Clay’s Cabo getaway took place at the Riu resort.