Acknowledgments

We owe a debt of gratitude to our agents, Ginger Clark (PC) and Steven Salpeter (KC) for helping us turn an idea and a few sentences into an amazing series. Thank you!

Profound thanks to our Macmillan family. To Jennifer Enderlin, Anne Marie Tallberg, Monique Patterson, Mara Delgado-Sanchez, Sarah Bonamino, and Michelle Cashman—thank you for your support and encouragement.

Our personal publicist, Deb Shapiro, deserves accolades and applause for her imagination, innovation, patience, and hard work. You are the best!

Extra special thank-you to Sabine Stangenberg, who not only keeps my (PC) life running, but is also the talented artist who created the Goodeville map! XXXOOO

To our readers, those who have followed us for more than a decade and our lovely new fans—always remember, you are strong and smart and worthy of happiness and respect and love, always love.