ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I’LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF THIS TIME. ALL THE usual circus clowns did superb work keeping me on track, helping me out of holes, and generally moving me forward. Thank you Tasha Alexander, Rob Browne, and Sophie Littlefield. Special recognition and thanks for head clown Bill Cameron for being the perfect sounding board/story compass. And to Tammy Sparks for keeping me from sounding like an idiot.

In addition, special thanks to all the wonderful folks at Preface in the United Kingdom for taking me into your arms and being the most wonderful hosts while I stumbled around London researching this book: Rosie de Courcy, Ben Wright, Nicola Taplin, Trevor Dolby, and the rest of the crew. Thank you!

Big thank-you to the folks at the Novel Café for providing a great environment to spend countless hours writing, and for keeping me well fed.

And to K, of course. You were a big part of this one. Thank you.

Finally, to my editors Danielle Perez and Randall Klein, to Nita Taublib, and to my agent Anne Hawkins. Thank you all for everything you’ve done to support and help me with this book.

Oh, one last thing. I blame all errors on software glitches. Yeah, that’s it. Software glitches.