First, thank you a million times over to everyone who has read and enjoyed Gabby’s dossiers. We appreciate you, we love hearing from you, and we’re so honored you’ve embraced Gabby and her adventures. Thanks for joining us on this fourth outing; the series wouldn’t exist without you.

Kieran Viola, there truly aren’t enough words for us to properly sing your praises. We love working with you, we love your passion for Gabby, and we love your notes. You are an editor par excellence, and we’re lucky to have you. We’re also eager to plug you, so, readers, please enjoy Kieran’s author side at www.kieranscott.net.

Huge thanks also to everyone else at Hyperion who helped us on this book: Emily Meehan, Mary Mudd, and Vanessa Moody in editorial; Marci Senders for her cover art; Sara Liebling and Guy Cunningham in managing editorial/copyediting; Elke Villa and Seale Ballenger in marketing/publicity.

In addition, we’re incredibly excited that Gabby Duran and the Unsittables will soon be airing on Disney Channel, and we’re monumentally thankful for everyone who helped make that happen. The list is long, but we’d especially like to give a grateful shout-out to Nancy Kanter for believing in the project. We cannot thank you enough, nor can we imagine putting Gabby into better hands. Kudos also to Mike Alber and Gabe Snyder for so expertly making the leap from Gabby’s book world to her television world, and thanks to the entire team of people involved with the show—we’ve loved what we’ve seen and can’t wait for the rest of the world to see it too. Special thanks to Pat Van Note and Miriam Ogawa, who were instrumental in helping us bridge those two worlds—it was a true pleasure.

Jane Startz, as always, we owe you everything. You brought us together and started it all. We are so grateful to have you in our lives. Thanks also to Mayde Alpi for all your help along the way. To Matthew Saver, our attorney, thank you for all your gracious wisdom and work on our behalf.

On a personal note, Elise wants to thank her husband Randy, daughter Maddie, and dog Jack-Jack. Everything good in my life starts with you. I raise a glass to those I miss terribly: Mom-Mom Eva, Pop-Pop Irv, and Pop-Pop Nate; and I raise a glass even higher to Mom-Mom Sylvia, who just turned ONE HUNDRED AND THREE. I am beyond lucky to have you in my life, and can’t wait until I see you again.

Daryle profusely thanks Liz Lehmans, Jeannie Hayden, and Jessica Mooney for all of their support and encouragement, and Jack Brummet and Keelin Curran for their help in making Gabby Duran happen. Thanks, too, to Dan Elenbaas for the opportunity to create Gabby in the first place, and Farai Chideya for putting it in Jane Startz’s able hands.