Thank you to my early readers, my #ftd friends: Lane Clark Bonk, Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook, A’Llyn Ettien, Kristen Oganowski, and Molly Westerman, as well as Piper Sparling, Eric Sparling, and Patricia Kelly-Spurles.

Thank you to the team at #DCB, especially Barry Jowett, for all their hard work.

Thank you to my teacher Aritha van Herk.

Thank you to Neil and Rebecca McKay for being the first people to tell me they had pre-ordered my book.

And thank you to my family, especially Geoff and Tesfa.