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Acknowledgments


Over a decade ago, I admitted to Katie Meyer that I’d written a book. Instead of slowly backing away, the way a reasonable person would, she asked if she could read it. Katie, I would never have published anything if it weren’t for you. When you decide to stop practicing law so you can be a professional ice-skater or indie singer, I promise to be the one person who never asks if you’ve thought it through.

Thanks so much to my agent, Kimberly Brower, to my editor, Alicia Clancy, and to the whole team at Dell. You didn’t cut every inappropriate joke or retitle this book Love in Plane Sight, for which I’m especially grateful.

Thanks also to Lauren Clarke, Katie Friend, Maren Channer, and Jen Owens, who all gave me good (but gentle!) feedback; to my sister, Kate French…the one person who will laugh at my jokes about death, and then make even darker ones; to Malvina Martin for the behind-the-scenes knowledge about filming a reality show; to Laura Pavlov, for being my favorite freelance decorating consultant; and to Christine Estevez and Nina Grinstead (plus the rest of the gang at Valentine PR) for doing all the hard stuff so that my writing isn’t simply an unprofitable hobby.

To Patrick, Lily, and Jack, who’ve heard “I’ve got a deadline” more than any children should, I love you more than you can begin to imagine.