Acknowledgments

Thank you to my mother, Beverly Kepke, and my siblings, Jodi Schinz, David Kepke, and Shari Morris, for your support and encouragement.

Thank you to Scott Syat for your particular expertise—certain scenes would not be nearly as good without your input. Thank you to Jeannie Berman-Feldman and Steve Osterweil for reading and your insight. Thank you to Rachel Kubrick for your teen girl, voracious reader perspective.

Thank you to Tracy Gorman and Barri Feuer for being early and enthusiastic readers. And thank you to all of my friends and family who have cheered me on—whether in person or on Facebook. Every hug, text, comment and even “like” means a lot to me.