To the folks at Stone Leaf Teahouse and Carol’s Hungry Mind Cafe—I was a fixture at your tables for months at a time. Thank you for your patience.
To Evan Johnson—because everything.
To the folks at Ballantine/Del Rey in the United States—Tricia Narwani, Mike Braff, Keith Clayton, David Moench, Jess Bonet, and Anne Speyer, because you have been the most awesome. Full stop.
To Jennifer Hershey, because you worked as hard as I did on this book, and each time I was convinced I had done my very best, you showed me that I could do better.
To the folks at Ebury in the UK—Emily Yau, Tess Henderson, Stephenie Naulls, and Gillian Green. You guys have all worked so so hard on this series, from the first day on, and I appreciate all of it.
To the people at Janklow and Nesbit—Brenna English-Loeb, Suzannah Bentley, and Jarred Barron. Again with the amazing.
And to my agent, Paul Lucas, who made it happen.