The author would like to acknowledge the hard work, guidance, and friendship of Carrie Kania at Conville & Walsh Literary Agency; Katharine McAnarney and Lindsay Boggs, publicists at Penguin Young Readers; Kim Ryan, director, subsidiary rights at Penguin Young Readers; Alex Sanchez, editorial assistant at Razorbill; and Ben Schrank, president and publisher of Razorbill, and also my wonderful editor. The author would also like to recognize Tiffany Liao, who spent months camping on Skuldark, surviving on moonberries and peach cake, in order to make the story what it is today.