Feverborn

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Any novel is a team effort by the time it reaches publication, and Feverborn was no different. Special thanks to the ineffable Shauna Summers—who has been my editor and finest champion since the first book in the Fever Series—and the rest of my fabulous team at Random House: Libby McGuire, Scott Shannon, Matthew Schwartz, Gina Wachtel, Gina Centrello, Sarah Murphy, and Kesley Tiffey.

Also many thanks to Lynn Andreozzi and the art department for another wonderful cover, the sales team for getting my books out there, and the booksellers for hand-selling the series and converting new readers.

A special shout-out to Shauna and Sarah for sending me the latest hot-off-the-press books for Dad and me to read together in the hospital. Reading was his escape and you fed that escape for us both until the last.

Very special thanks to my first reader, Leiha Mann, who suffers me reading aloud to her as the book unfolds, offers a wide array of pithy, pointed, and pertinent comments, and has shared my passion for the Fever World since it began. Many more thanks for keeping my life running smoothly while I lose myself in another book, from managing the KMM cyberworld to making sure I eat. You’re the dearest of friends and I couldn’t do it without you!

Tremendous appreciation to you my faithful readers, for coming back time and again to the streets of Dublin, rooting for your favorite characters (and writing to tell me which ones you want dead), and making it possible for me to do what I love more than anything else while calling it “work.”

A long overdue thanks to Paul White. I don’t know if you’re a sheepdog or a wolf, but it doesn’t matter—you’re one of the good guys. Thanks for getting me through the storm.

Deep and sincere gratitude to Dr. Philip Lemming and the compassionate nurses and staff at Christ Hospital Cancer Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the wonderful care you gave my father, and for helping us understand what was coming and how to see him through.

And finally, thanks to you, Dad, for your enormous, formative presence in my life. You taught me how to live, and showed me how to die with dignity, strength, and grace.