acknowledgments

I want to thank my family for their continued encouragement and support as they endured all of my late nights and weekends spent working on this book. I simply could not have done it without their patience, understanding, and repeated willingness to order takeout in lieu of a home-cooked meal.

I can’t possibly express my gratitude to my editor, Stacy Cantor, who is an absolute joy to work with. You are an amazing cheerleader and a fabulous editor whose perception and support are invaluable. Your energy and enthusiasm are contagious and consistently inspire me to do my best.

None of this would be possible without my agent, Andrea Somberg, who has been with me since the very beginning and whose support has been unwavering. I simply can’t thank you enough for all that you’ve done. I’ll never forget getting my first phone call from you when I was twenty-three years old and feeling so excited to be talking to someone from New York City! Never in a million years could I have imagined what was in store.