Eternal appreciation to Cynthia Hand, Valerie Cole, Erin Bowman, and C.J. Redwine, who were there for this book every step of the way, with brainstorming sessions, feedback, and emotional support.
Thanks to Leah Cypess, Kat Zhang, Francina Simone, Fran Wilde, Erin Summerill, Alexa Yupangco, Cade Roach, Adrienne Bowling, Elisabeth Jewell, Kelly McWilliams, Aminah Mae Safi, and Wren Hardwick for encouragement and/or reading, and generally being awesome humans across the board.
Extra special thanks to Pintip Dunn, Kathleen Peacock, Brigid Kemmerer, Erin Bowman, Mary Hinton, Kathryn Purdie, Tricia Levenseller, Lisa Maxwell, Nicki Pau Preto, Kendare Blake, and Lelia Nebeker for their kind words about this book, some before it was even finished.
My ears would like to thank Caitlin and Sidney Powell of Neoni, whose music I listened to a lot while working on this book.
I’m so grateful for the camaraderie of the Zoo Slack group and the #FantasyOnFriday girl gang.
Love to my supportive family.
Where would any author be without librarians, booksellers, and educators? Thank you all. And super special thanks to my bookseller friends at One More Page Books in Arlington, VA.
And, as always, thank you, the person reading this book.