THE SURFACE—TORONTO, 2019
My augmented existence truly began with the 2016 release of Pokémon Go, but I have been escaping into imagined realities since childhood. I met the love of my life over a table scattered with hexagonal maps and six-sided dice. Bishop Girl, you make all things possible. You delight, amaze, and surprise me, every day. Thank you for the adventure.
Gamechanger would not exist without the critical support and advice of my agent, Caitlin Blasdell, and Tor editors Marco Palmieri and Christopher Morgan, all of whom have used their keen eyes, excellent judgment, and the occasional deadline to fuel my rocketpack.
Countless family members and superheroes keep me from flying into cliffs all the time and patch me up when I hit. I’m looking at you: Charlie Jane Anders, Titus Androgynous, Madeline Ashby, Michael Bishop, Jeremy Brett, Ellen Datlow, Lara Donnelly, Alicia and Joe English, Gemma Files, Sandra Kasturi, Claude Lalumière, Margo MacDonald, Annalee Newitz, David Nickle, Jessica Reisman, Alexandra Renwick, Julia Rios, Merc Rustad, Jordan Sharpe, Richard Shealy, Rebecca Stefoff, S. M. Stirling, Caitlin Sweet, Kellan Szpara, Harry Turtledove, Peter Watts, Laura White, Jay Wolf, and JY Yang. It would be an honor to count any of you as enemies; how much luckier I am to be able to call you my arch-friends!
Send up a signal if you need me; you know you’ve got my marker.