The Bitter Kingdom

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Writing a trilogy is one of the most fulfilling things I’ve ever done. It’s also one of the hardest. Fortunately, I had a trusty band of friends who embarked on this epic, magical quest along with me.

Thank you to:

Martha Mihalick, for her enthusiasm, for her keen editorial eye, and for being generally hilarious and fun to work with.

The Greenwillow and HarperCollins team, for their steadfast belief in this series and their hard work on its behalf.

My agent Holly Root, for detail-wrangling and relentless cheerleading.

Veronica Roth and Tessa Gratton, for reading an early draft of The Bitter Kingdom in spite of their own writing deadlines, and for giving pivotal (and eerily similar) advice.

Librarians, bloggers, and independent booksellers, for championing this series from the beginning and getting the word out.

My husband, C.C. Finlay, for long, romantic story-plotting walks and even more romantic eleventh-hour editing. *swoon*

And Rebekah, who liked even my earliest stories, and who believed with her whole heart that her big sister would be a published author one day.