THANK YOU TO MY BRILLIANT EDITOR, ERICA SUSSMAN, whose questions and comments have become an indispensable touchstone that I continuously come back to as I cut, tweak, and rewrite my way from the sloppy first draft to the final polished pages.
Thank you also to Stephanie Stein, the epically awesome Epic Reads Tea Time pairing of Margot and Aubry, and everyone else at HarperCollins in editing, design, marketing, and sales who all put so much work into launching this book.
Thank you a hundred million times to Alexandra Machinist. Two books in and I am still pinching myself, unable to believe my luck in having you as an agent.
Robert Brunschmid aka Bob, Bobbeo, and most recently Zumba Bobby (quite possibly my favorite incarnation yet). Thank you so much for all your help and advice in the months and weeks leading up to the launch of Another Little Piece. You are absolutely amazing and I feel so lucky to have you in my corner.
I often make fun of my decision to pursue not one but two impractical degrees, but I would not trade the experiences from my theater major days at Niagara University or the time spent pursuing an MFA in film and television production at Chapman University for anything. Thank you to all my classmates and teachers at NU and Chapman who taught and shared so much with me.
To all the wonderful writing friends I’ve made since beginning this journey, especially: all the Lucky 13s, the Class of 2K13, my Wednesday-night writing-group peeps, and my amazing longtime crit partner, Alyson Greene.
And finally to all of my family and friends, you know who you are and also (hopefully) know how much I love and cherish each and every one of you.