The Aurora County Trilogy consists of three novels that take place in the fictional Aurora County, Mississippi, which is really "Jasper County, Mississippi", and the place that Wiles spent part of her childhood summers. Her father was born and raised in "Louin, Mississippi", and her grandmother and great-grandmother lived there most of their lives. Louin becomes the town of Halleluia in Love, Ruby Lavender, the town of Snapfinger in Each Little Bird that Sings, and the towns Mabel and Halleluia in The Aurora County All-Stars.