Thanks to my husband, who critiques pages, listens to me mumble about story ideas, and puts our young daughter to bed every night so I can squeeze in a little more writing. And thanks to Amanda, who does the first two of those things with great cheer, even though she has kids of her own to put to bed.
On the Sourcebooks team, deep gratitude to Deb Werksman, Susie Benton, Danielle Dresser, and the folks in art and marketing. To Paige Wheeler, always a marvelous advocate. And dear readers, my thanks to you for finding my books.
And finally, thanks to my friends and family—especially my parents. They’ve both worked in the field of mental health since before I was a wee glimmer, and their expertise has inspired and informed this story.
Also, they gave me my first books. So really, this is all their doing.