I’d like to thank the incredibly talented team at Peters Fraser & Dunlop, HQ, and HarperCollins, especially Silvia Molteni, Clio Cornish, Anna Baggaley and Hannah Smith.
To Dr Liam Murray Bell at the University of Stirling, Cherise Saywell, and my class peers for renewing my love of writing fiction. And lastly, thank you to my family – my parents and my brothers for supporting me regardless, and my sister who always gets lumbered with the task of editing my first drafts!