Acknowledgements
Thanks go to Dr Jim
Muir for his endless expert advice on psychiatry, psychology,
psychoanalysis and the dark side, human and otherwise. Cheers to
Danno for the title (although I’m sure you don’t remember saying
it), Diggo for the brain-storming and the promo video (www.thesourcecreative.com) and Will and Far for the
transglobal book club. Big love to Tom for his endless nagging to
get wrting and Bowie for the inspiration (seven books and
counting!) and the suggestion that one character should be called
‘Fang’. Also to Horse and Philip for the creative bitching sessions
down Bodeans.
Huge thanks also to
Sheila Crowley and Eugenie Furniss for faith, hope and the
occasional sticky bun and to Gillian Redfearn for her vision,
editorial wisdom and for all those firm-but-gentle ‘suggestions’.
Also to the Gollancz design team for their skill and patience. And
thanks to Lucy Fleming Brown for being the first person in the
world to read By Midnight and for her
invaluable feedback.
But most of all, the
biggest thanks go to Linda Butt for her generosity, kindness and
patience, spending hour upon hour stuck on trains, making puppets
and playing Cinderella. Genuinely, without her tireless support
this book simply would never have been started, let alone
finished.