Acknowledgments

THERE HAVE BEEN so many ­people helping me on this amazing experience of writing and publishing a series of books. I am so grateful for the ­people in the yoga and Tai Chi community who keep me centered and force me to go out of the house and socialize when I am most stressed. Emily Baxter, Melissa Winters, Joanna Boswell, Deanna Canfield, Debbie Pryor, Rose Weidaw, Jennifer Tomlinson—­thank you for keeping me sane. Grace Franklin inspired my vision of Master Anchee, as a patient and wise teacher of Tai Chi and Buddhism.

Thanks to my family for being so thrilled and enthusiastic about the Desert Rising series. I could not have done this without my fabulous reader and first editor Janice Berry Paganini—­who let me bounce ideas off her at any time of night, sometimes in a panic. You are amazing.

To all the Harper Voyager Impulse writers who are sharing their journey with me and are a source of encouragement and inspiration: Lexie Dunne, Bishop O’Connoll, A. F. E. Smith, Brooke Johnson, Nancy Wallace, Ingrid Seymour, Katherine Harbour, Andy Livingstone, Jason W. LaPier, John Ayliff, Graeme K. Talboys, Gerrard Cowan, Terence Newman, Stephen Moore, Laura Liddell Nolen, Tim Lees, Christi J. Whitney, Liana Brooks, Laura Bickle, and Teresa Frohock to name a few.

And thanks to the entire Harper Voyager staff who have worked on the Desert Rising series. My fabulous editor Rebecca Lucash. My publicists Caroline Perny and Dianna Garcia. And the talented cover artists who have brought Djinn and Sulis to life.

And all my love to Brian, for being an oasis of calm in the midst of my turbulence.