My publishing teams have made the process of producing my first trilogy a voyage of delights despite all the stress. Thank you times a million to Diana and Ruoxi for making my books better, and for your patience when the pandemic killed my productivity for months and this book was produced in a wild rush towards the deadline. Thanks to the rest of my agenting team （Ari, Isabel, David, and Betty Anne）， the Tor team in the US （Oliver, Sanaa, Irene, Devi, Caro, Jocelyn, Michael, Renata, Becky Y., Sam F., Yvonne, Jess, Megan, Steven, Sam D., and Lauren） and the Tor UK team （Bella, Georgia, Becky L., Grace, and Lydia）。 Rock stars all. And a special shout-out to Christine Foltzer for this beautiful cover and Heather Saunders for the sneaky and brilliant internal design.
This is a book about family, and I’ve been lucky enough to both love the one I got and to have built my own around it.
Sara and Magali: having two inboxes into which I can shoot scenes and chapters as they’re written has become such an integral part of my writing process, I don’t know what I’d do without you. Thank you for your unstinting belief in me and my characters. Parisians do it best, bien s?r.
Macey, without whom this book’s magic system would be even more of a mess. Thanks for telling me what my series was about. All the trees are your fault.
Leife and Sam: thanks for coming down the coast with me during the time of maximum panic and generally being absolute stalwart friends.
Tegan and Stuart, my other stalwarts: you’re simply the best.
Mei-ing Nieuwland, thank you for the gorgeous art and incredible eye for detail. You may claim sole credit for the on-page existence of Arthur Manning.
Iona Datt Sharma: thanks for your thoughtful sensitivity read and feedback in regards to Adelaide Morrissey. This read and the research mentioned above have hopefully allowed me to engage with the real and often fraught history of the setting in a meaningful way. Any remaining errors are my own.
To the early readers whose enthusiasm kept my spirits up, I can’t thank you enough for being part of my community. Special thanks to Alix E. Harrow, Grace D. Li, Alyshondra Meacham, and Lex Croucher.
Thanks to my parents and siblings, for everything.
Enormous thanks once again to all of the booksellers, bloggers, librarians, reviewers, fan artists, and fan writers who’ve helped to spread the word of the Last Binding trilogy. I’m still a fandomer at heart, and seeing a fandom grow up around my own works has been unspeakably cool.
And thanks, beyond measure, to the readers who’ve found me and stuck with me through the journey so far. It’s because of you that there’ll be, I hope, so many more worlds and adventures to come.