Acknowledgments

First thanks always goes to Kate Elton, my editor, and Victoria Sanders, my literary agent. My film agent, Angela Cheng Caplan, at Cheng Caplan Agency rounds out the list. I would also like to thank Bernadette Baker Baughman and Chris Kepner at VSA. Liate Stehlik, Dan Mallory, Heidi Richter, and the folks at HC US are much appreciated, as are my fantastic, enthusiastic publishers around the world. A special thanks goes to my translators who made the transition with me. It’s so important to me that my readers have the best experience, and I am grateful that the team is still working on all cylinders to make that happen.

Thanks to Dr. David Harper for all the medical stuff that makes Sara sound like a real doctor. Or at least a real doctor in fiction. Dr. Judy Melinek gave me a really weird and creepy idea (thanks, Judy!). Patricia Friedman gave me some nonbinding legal advice. Dona Roberts (GBI ret.), Sherry Lang (GBI ret.), and Vickye Prattes (APD ret.) were very helpful with procedural questions; any mistakes are my own.

Lastly, I continue to be grateful to my daddy for taking care of me while I am writing in the mountains and D.A., for taking care of me at home.