Paula continued liking my yarns when it was neither popular nor profitable. Without her, the characters who here lurk would have had a spade taken to them.
You will detect strains of other voices. I have known many who can tell stories so well that my best imitation hardly flatters them. So too do I borrow stealthily from the treasure of words archived by our dedicated nineteenth century folklorists. Them, you can thank for talking birds, noble ladies, and the nature of fear.
Helen Falconer provided redemptive structural guidance and insightful editing. Bernard Voges patiently captured the characters revealed on the internal plates and in the cover art. Andrew Brown produced the cover. Vanessa and Chenile at Kazoo brought this book together through a most professional and friendly process.
Siobhán and Elaina at Little Island got me going by publishing my first book.
These are the people to blame.