First, and foremost, we acknowledge our wonderful, supportive, patient families: Dan, Giancarlo, Nicholas, and Paul. Thank you for giving us time and space to write and for putting up with us! Additional thanks to Nicholas and Paul for always texting back when we had a question about what word to use.
Second, we are indebted to Interlude Press for taking on a pair of novice authors. Thank you to Annie Harper, for advocating for Snowsisters and editing the various drafts and improving them at every stage. CB Messer’s cover is amazing and distinct—even better than we hoped. Candy Miller shared her extensive marketing talents, and we hope some rubbed off. All three have been very kind to us along the way, and we appreciate it.
Several talented women helped us form Soph, Tess, and Orly and their interactions at the Young Women’s Writing Conference. June Amelia Rose suggested scenes and plot twists which we gratefully incorporated. Ashley Lauren Rogers provided solid and thoughtful insight. Micaela Slotin and Jen Stacey both gave early input and let us know where we needed to change course. Heidi Seary read several drafts and offered valuable feedback.
We are indebted to authors Sarah Weeks and Jodi Picoult, both bestselling, talented writers who have offered remarkably kind, generous support and assistance along the way. We are grateful to Anna Wilinsky for letting us use her experiences at a writing conference and to Taylor Carroll for teaching us about dairy cows.
The Wakefield Writing Group believed in Soph and Tess and gave us a valuable first critique. Bethel Saler, Lori Berhon, Elizabeth Santis, Parrish Finn, Mary Ann Oehlerking, Louis Biancone, Joan Robins, Sharis Pozen, Shelly Sawyer, Charlotte Wilinsky, Robin Kall, Joanna Henderson, Christine Turner, Holly Eaves, and others told us we could do it and believed it. We can’t tell you how much that means.
And thank you for reading Snowsisters.
—Tom Wilinsky & Jen Sternick