Ingrid, thanks for dressing me up in some cute clothes and taking my author photo, and for moving back to Minnesota and buying a hot tub. Actually, I’m on the fence about the hot tub.
Now for the section about Max. I’ve never whined so much about a guy to so many of my girlfriends. Thank you to all the women who provided a shoulder to cry on when he was giving me trouble. First of all, thanks to Max’s team of neuroscience advisers, in particular Dr. Emily Rosario and Dr. Katie Tschida. An actual neuroscientist would be lucky to have you two! And did you know that you both play French horn? Katie, if I’d given him one of your project suggestions, he would have been respectable. And Emily, thanks so much for taking a break from serious research to answer absurd questions about a scientist with girlfriend drama and for telling me what USC looks like.
Esther and Jeannine. You two helped me save Max that morning at Kopplin’s just before I crossed the event horizon of despair at never being able to tie up all those loose ends. There were so many! Also, thanks to Esther’s cousin, the snake charmer who made me think of Kobra.
And Liz, the funnest neighbor ever! Thanks for getting me a little drunk and talking through the last chapter with me the day before the book was due. It’s so much better because of you. Also, thanks for the cardboard cut-out of Johnny Depp.
These seem long, so it doesn’t seem like I could have forgotten anyone and it would be surprising if I thanked your perfect sister instead of you by accident after you read my whole book to offer a teen perspective (shout out Camille!), but it’s so easy to do that. So I apologize if I thanked your sister instead of you or if I just completely blew you off. So this paragraph is for the forgotten ones.
And last but not least, thank you to anyone who read this book! And if you’re still reading, I love you even more. Let’s do this, readers. All the way to the bitter end!
SAM TSCHIDA (pronounced “cheetah”) is from the wilds of Minnesota, where she lives with a motley crew of kids, dogs, and one handsome man. She is the cofounder of ManuFixed, an editorial consulting company and writing workshop that services the Twin Cities. In her spare time she runs, exercises, and watches Netflix.
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