Thanks to everyone who’s picked up an Aisling book and let us know how much they love her. We read every message, every DM, every tweet and we can’t believe our luck.
To our families and friends for all the love and support and especially to India, Esme and new arrival Felix, for making us laugh and sleeping at the right times.
Special thanks to the team at Michael Joseph and Penguin Random House for believing in a couple of Irish girls. To Maxine Hitchcock, Clare Bowron, Claire Bush, Asmaa Isse, Matilda McDonald, Rebecca Hilsdon, Jenny Platt, Olivia Thomas and everyone else in London who have had such open hearts for Aisling. Thanks too to the team at Gill Books in Dublin who continue to make Aisling the best she can be, particularly Conor Nagle and Catherine Gough.
To Marian Keyes, Sarah Maria Griffin, Paul Howard, John Boyne and all of the authors who have made us feel so welcome and supported.
To Chelsea Morgan Hoffman, Rory Gilmartin and all at Element Pictures for trusting us with a screenplay and holding our hands every step of the way.
Big thanks to everyone at Curtis Brown, especially our agent Sheila Crowley, who’s probably the most fabulous woman we know. Thanks too to Luke Speed, Emily Harris and Sabhbh Curran at CB.
Thanks to our early readers and constant supporters: Aine Bambrick, Breda Gittons, Deirdre Ball, Gavan and Ciara Reilly, Eoin Matthews, Louise McSharry, Sophie White, Roisin Ingle, Abbie Greaves, the Naas gals, the Phantom gals. Thanks to Sarah Kisch, Richard Toner and Baby C for flying the OMGWACA flag way out east and to Fiona Hyde for the title. Thanks to Lin Manuel Miranda for the daily pep talks. Special thanks to Vicky Phelan for being an inspiration.
And finally to Louise Keegan, who’s been there since the start, wine in hand.