To Louise Thurtell, thank you so much for believing in North Star.

Christa, Julia, Clara and all the Allen & Unwin team, I can’t thank you enough for all your hard work.

A big thank you and much love to my family for all their support and for putting up with me while I write,
I love you so much.

A special thank you to the following: Fiona Palmer, Neil Westcott, Dave Ross and Paul Costanzo, Catherine Farrugia and Louise Reynolds for answering endless questions.

And to all those mothers of teenage daughters . . . hang in there!