No book is produced alone, and this is no exception. I’d like to thank Alison Hull at Lion, for first giving me a chance there, and then piloting this book through some choppy waters to its final destination – as Stephen King once said, “To write is human, to edit is divine.” And at Lion I’m blessed with a trio to match Paris’s choice (but without the unfortunate consequences for Troy): not only Alison but also the two Jessicas, Tinker and Scott. Together, they have worked tirelessly to save me from my errors and infelicities. And when the book went for copy editing, I was most fortunate to have Drew Stanley running through the text with the greatest precision and a remarkable ability to remember contradictory things I’d written fifty pages earlier. Needless to say, whatever faults remain are mine, clung on to despite their advice to the contrary.
Writing might be a solitary profession, but for a writer to succeed, he needs support, and a family willing to put up with penury while he pursues his craft. My family has done so, and put up with the ups of elation and the downs of struggle that go with it, with quite heroic patience – I thank you (and put in a quick request for future forbearance too). So, Harriet, Theo, Matthew, and Isaac, this book is for you – you’ve earned it!
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Find out more about Edoardo Albert and his books and stories at www.edoardoalbert.com and on his blog: www.edoardoalbert.com/blog/. He would be delighted if you would like him on Facebook (he’s there as Edoardo Albert as well) or follow him on Twitter @EdoardoAlbert (the advantage of an unusual name is that no one else has claimed it first).