In 2013, Pence needed a rabbit for a short film project as a freshman at DePaul, and she bought a black and white rabbit from Craigslist.[23][24][25] Pence named the rabbit 'Marlon Bundo' after Marlon Brando, as Pence's friend noticed the similarity between Brando's phrase "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" from The Godfather and the rabbit's seller's response "Make me an offer" to a message about the price.[25][26] Speaking to the Chicago Tribune she recalled: "We drove out to the suburbs, my friends and I, and we picked him up. I think he was like $20. He was in the short film, and I just kept him after that."[25] Bundo lived with Pence throughout college for four years, and continued to live with the Pences at Number One Observatory Circle afterwards.[24][8]:2 Pence created an Instagram account for Bundo "right after [her] dad was inaugurated [Vice President]", "not knowing if anybody would follow it".[25] Pence and her mother thought about creating a children's book, following Bundo's popularity on Instagram and because Karen is a watercolor painter.[24] Pence told The Denver Post that she "really [likes] children's literature and middle-grade fiction" and had "always wanted to be a writer".[24] Pence told Andrew Klavan in a 2018 interview that she could also write non-fiction and write for adults.[10]:35