The rest of the team at St Martin’s Press US, please accept my sincere thanks – I will acknowledge individually in the US edition.
I have spoken of Benny from Echo Publishing Australia and the significant role she plays in my Aussie publishing life; however, she does not work alone. He has left Echo, but I need to say thank you and acknowledge James Elms for his technical expertise getting me zooming around the globe, but mostly for his dedication and wonderful attitude to helping me at all times of the day and night. Miss you, James. My publicist, Emily Banyard, your bubbly, always smiling approach I hugely appreciate. Tegan Morrison and Rosie Outred, I so enjoy having you on my Aussie team.
To the team at Allen and Unwin Australia, my books wouldn’t get read if you did not make it happen, distributing them in Australia and New Zealand. My sincere thanks to you all for being this important cog in my ‘home’ territory wheel.
To the management and staff at Saffire Freycinet in Tasmania, thank you for your pampering, catering and interest in writing this story, and in providing me with an oasis to hide away in and concentrate on writing when I fell behind. Isolation during a pandemic did not provide me with the environment to be creative; your amazing corner of the world did.
Peter Bartlett and Patrick Considine, so grateful for your continued advice and support.
Kevin Mottau and Adriano Donato, one and one would not make two if it wasn’t for you. Ta.
Lastly, the people who make my waking up each day, a good day: my family. Steve, Ahren and Bronwyn, Jared and Rebecca, Azure-Dea and Evan, my love and thanks once again for putting up with me as I waxed and waned in your lives: there one day, not the next. And to the five little people who continue to bring me such joy and laughter: Henry, Nathan, Jack, Rachel and Ashton – you light up my life. Love you beyond measure.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris is an international number one bestselling author, who is passionate about stories of survival, resilience and hope. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who ‘might just have a story worth telling’。 The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Heather used Lale’s story as the basis for The Tattooist of Auschwitz and her follow-up novel, Cilka’s Journey, which have sold eight million copies worldwide. Three Sisters is her third novel. In 2020 she published Stories of Hope, her account of her journey to writing the story of Lale Sokolov’s life.