Also thank you, Haley Pham and Larissa Cambusano, for entertaining us with the delightfully contagious way you read.
Random thanks to random people for bringing me random joy: Taylor Swift, Lori Anderjaska, Emma, Eva, LizWesNation, Diana, Cleo, Chaitanya, Mylla, Berkletes, Becca, Anderson Raccoon Jones, Gracie Abrams, Tiffany Fliedner, Roxane Gay, Wes Bennett’s entourage, and the UPS guy, who has yet to report me to the authorities for stalking him when I’m expecting books.
And the fam—Mom, it’s getting redundant, but I owe you everything for making the library such a huge part of my childhood. I love you; you’re SUCH an inspiration, and I know amazing things are just around the corner. 2024 will be The Year of Nancy. ;）
Dad, I miss you every day.
MaryLee, I don’t deserve a sister as amazing as you, and I can’t wait to read YOUR books.
To my kids—Cass, Ty, Matt, Joey, and Kate—I love you more than everything else in the world. Well… except maybe Rockstars. And spaghetti. Still, though, that’s a lot of love, so you should feel really good about it. #blessed
And, KEVIN （see, I put your name in bold and made it bigger）， I save you for last because you’re first. You are my happiness, my sun, the center of my everything. I get excited every freaking day when I hear your car pull into the garage after work because my favorite human is back. （Like a dog, I know.） I still can’t figure out how I landed you, to be honest. You’re the very best person I’ve ever met—smart, hilarious, kind—and I love your face. I’m so glad your bar apparently slipped a little low during that working-at-the-hotel era, allowing me to swoop in and bag you with my inhaler-wielding feminine wiles.