Writers are lucky people. We get to create worlds and the people who inhabit them. We put words in their mouths, dreams in their heads, hopes in their hearts. And sometimes, we get them into plenty of trouble.
But we never do it alone.
When it comes to plotting and writing books, when it means getting those books out to the world, there is a team of people behind every writer. They are cheerleaders and sometimes, they are the ones who prod us and poke us … just when we need it.
My thanks to all of them.
My brainstorming group, Stephanie Cole, Serena Miller, and Emilie Richards, fabulous writers and great friends, always willing to bat around ideas and come up with new ones when the old ones peter out.
The terrific people at St. Martin’s Minotaur, especially my editor, Hannah Braatan, and to Nettie Finn, Allison Ziegler, and Kaya Janas.
My ever-supportive agent, Gail Fortune.
And of course, my family. Thank you to Lucy and Eliot for (usually) leaving me alone while I work, and of course, thank you to David, who is my biggest cheerleader.