To Sheila Chin, a reader and member of Brenda Novak’s Book Group on Facebook. I’ll never forget you coming to see me in Dallas while I was on my big Bookstream (vintage Airstream turned traveling bookstore/coffee shop) tour for The Seaside Library. There were so many incredible moments on that two-month cross-country odyssey, but your appearance stands out even still. You showed up with boxes and boxes of my books, some of which contained several brand-new copies of my latest releases (fifteen copies of The Bookstore on the Beach!). You were giving them back to me so I could use them for giveaways and other things in our book group, and when I asked why you’d purchased so many, you said, “Well, there’s this certain author I’ve been trying to support...” It’s one of the most generous things anyone has ever done for me, and I was—and still am—completely blown away! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!