To Caryn Karmatz Rudy, you are awesome. Thanks for being all I’d hoped for in an editor. Thanks to my agent, Jenny Bent, for believing in me. Thanks to Amy Einhorn for taking the first chance. Thanks to my agent Adam Levine, my manager Dave Brown, Endeavor Agency and Trident Media.
Thanks to my family: my mom, my dad, my stepmom, and my grand-mother, none of whom are depicted in this book despite the “Frownies” reference. Thanks again to my dogs, Chelsea and Max, for the unconditional love. I know, I know, I’m fooling myself—they’re in it for the food.
Thanks to my friends, who make life better: Rick Biolsi, Adam Carl, Dahlia Cohen, Jim Cotter, Tajma Davis, Denise Diforio, Ralph Fogel, Ellen and Irwin Frankel, Glen E. Friedman, Jonathan Fuhrman, D. B. Gilles, Jeff and Claudia Goodman, Devon Kellgren, Scarlett Lacey, David List, Jacqueline Lord, Nez Mandel, Cristina and Cade Mcnown, Makyla Oakley, Terrell Owens, Missy Peregrym, Simone Reyes, April and Erik Rofe, Paul Romaldini, Jeff Schneider, Lisa Singer, Lou Stalsworth, Sky and Victoria Stone, David Vanker (for so many reasons), Joe Vernon, Amanda Voelker, Fran Warner, Kim Whalen, and Harley Zinker.
Thanks to everyone at 5 Spot/Warner/Hachette: Rebecca Isenberg, Tareth Mitch, Rebecca Oliver, Brigid Pearson, Penina Sacks, Martha Schwartz, and Elly Weisenberg. Thanks to all the wonderful 5 Spot writers I’ve met and adore.
And a big thanks to all the readers who read my first book and wrote me to tell me they loved it. I love you more.