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To my incredible book agents, Cait Hoyt and Alex Rice. Thank you for championing this story and for truly believing in me as an author. You are both rock stars and dream agents.
To my brilliant editor, Alexandra Sehulster. Thank you for sticking by me when I asked if I could throw away forty pages of an entirely different novel and start this book from scratch. We sure put Maggie Vine through it, didn’t we? Thank you for pushing me to go further with her journey. I’m beyond grateful for your patience and your wonderful mind.
To everyone at St. Martin’s Griffin and Macmillan who have worked tirelessly to help bring Maybe Once, Maybe Twice to life, from the thoughtful social media gurus to the copyediting heroes (who discovered some of my adorable misuses of words). Thank you especially to Alyssa Gammello, Cassidy Graham, Gabriel Guma, Kerri Resnick, Marissa Sangiacomo, NaNá V. Stoelzle, and Susannah Noel.
To the rest of my dream team—Ashley Silver, Austin Denesuk, Berni Barta, Darian Lanzetta, and Olivia Blaustein—thank you for believing in me and always fighting for me to succeed.
To my team at TMG for keeping me out of jail: Daniel Farr, Tracy Porter, and Mallory Zahrt.
To MOMT’s earliest readers, the dear friends who I trusted with this story at its various stages: Allie Greenberg, Azita Ghanizada, Jonny Umansky, Julia Duffy, Randi Blick, and Sarah Prinze. Your encouragement meant the world to me during the writing process.
To Freddy Wexler for planting the seeds of this idea into my brain. You are such a talent.
Years ago, my friend sat me down and told me it was “tragic” that I had stopped writing. This truth woke something inside of me, and I haven’t stopped writing since. We need the right kind of cheerleaders in our life—those who will push us to be the most authentic version of ourselves. I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by the most wonderful friends and family. You all know who you are, and you know what you mean to me. And to Eugene Kim—from the bottom of my heart, thank you for calling me tragic that one time.
To the woman still reaching for her dreams despite all the obstacles in her way, this book is for you.