The author would like to thank Andi Winnette, her tireless editor at McSweeney’s, as well as Sam Riley and Gabrielle Gantz for their work on the book, and everyone else at McS HQ who has helped to get this book out into the world. Thank you to her agent Lindsay Edgecombe for being so great all the time, and to those whose strong support of Mermaid in Chelsea Creek has made continuing the series a reality. Finally, an enormous thank you to illustrator Amanda Verwey for imagining the world of this book with such fantastic skill and creativity.