Gingersnap! is fiction yet based on a true story. I am not the little girl in the story but am the one who found Gingersnap. Parishioners and church interns had shared their eyewitness accounts of this cat that entered into the church with mournful meows one night and slept in the church bus. I was blessed to be able to adopt Gingersnap and spend many a year with this gentle, sweet kitty. Thank you for allowing me to share his story!