To my first readers: Chris Gerwel, E. C. Myers, Lauren Teffeau, Kelly Lagor, Nicole Feldringer, Laura Anne Gilman, Jaime Lee Moyer, Sara Mueller, Sarah Pinsker, A. C. Wise, A. T. Greenblatt, and Siobhan Carroll, who encourage me whether I run short or long. To Stephanie Feldman and Siobhan for the brainstorming road trip. We should do that again.
To Natalie, Bear, Celia, Jodi, Arkady, Alex, Ilana, Oz, Jim, Ann, Nanita, T, Amy, and Sylvie, for balance. To Jennifer, Wendy, Sara, Nancy, Dan, Jeff, Claudia, Jack, and Mike in Fells Point, for community. To Charlotte and Terry, Becky, and Mark; Shveta, Jack Hart; Aliette, Chris, Eric, Blair; Stacey, Dan, Juliette, and Lydia; and Melissa, Josh, and Noa, for friendship. To Susan, Beth, Raq, Nanita, and the rest of my family, for being here.
To my wonderful editor, Miriam Weinberg, and to Russ Galen, with thanks.
To Jason Tuell and Nicole Feldringer for nattering with me about clouds. To Dominick D’Aunno for the altitude discussions. All mistakes are my own doing.
To everyone at Tor who touched this book, including cover artist Tommy Arnold, creative director Irene Gallo, copy editor Ana Deboo, production editor Lauren Hougen, everyone in PR and marketing, including Alexis, Diana, and especially Patty and Ksenia, and to the folks who work the presses, too, for making these dreams real.
As always, to a place near Worton, Maryland, for teaching me how to fly.
And to you, reading this book: may the wind always take you where you want to go.