Acknowledgments

Thank you, as always, to my agent Louise Fury and her team, including Kristin Smith. Thank you also to the Bent Agency for always being supportive.

Thank you to my editor, Virginia Duncan, and everyone else at Greenwillow and HarperCollins: Sylvie Le Floc’h, Tim Smith and the copyeditors, and Taylan Salvati.

Thank you THANK YOU to Julia Iredale, who designed the stunning cover for the American edition of this book.

Thank you to all my writer friends. I wish I had space to mention each and every one of you.

Thank you to the librarians, teachers, and booksellers who work so hard to get the right books to the right readers, and have been so gracious to invite me to speak in their spaces.

And of course thank you to my family. And to Chad, who watches me drink pickle juice and still likes me. And to Gus and Carl, my good boys.