ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  HAVING ALREADY PUBLISHED my first novel in which I thanked everyone from my seventh-grade teacher to my next-door neighbor, I am going to use these acknowledgments for the people who contributed specifically to the creation of The Heretic Queen. As always, I am deeply indebted to my mother, Carol Moran, who has supported me in every meaning of the word with her generosity and incredible spirit. My husband has been my champion from the very beginning, editing my work from first to last, and with his red hair I like to think of him as my very own Ramesses (minus the rashness and harem, of course). And without the hard work of New York’s finest editor Allison McCabe, who insisted that there be an iwiw somewhere in the book, The Heretic Queen as it is written would never exist. To Danny Baror, Dyana Messina, Donna Passannante, Heather Proulx, my copy editor Laurie McGee, and Cindy Berman, thank you for being part of The Heretic Queen’s journey to publication. And to my wonderful agent, Anna Ghosh, who made sure my third novel, Cleopatra’s Daughter, had a home with Crown, thank you very, very much.