The Demon's Lexicon

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Behind this book was an army saving me (and more importantly, my book) from myself.

Enormous thanks are due to Kristin Nelson, my fabulous agent, for the endless patience and the superpowers. Not to mention her lovely assistant, Sara Megibow.

Enormous thanks and bouquets are due to the entire team at Simon & Schuster for taking a chance on me and doing so many shockingly wonderful things for my book.

Special thanks to my brilliant editor, Karen Wojtyla, for all the wise words — I totally owe you a glass of potatoes in Iwon„reland one day — and to her lovely assistant, Sarah Payne.

To Nicole Russo for the awesome publicity.

To Russell Gordon and Gene Mollica for their combined hard work on my sparkling cover.

To my copyeditor, Valerie Shea, for not letting night fall three times in one day.

And thanks to the amazing people at Simon & Schuster UK, among them Venetia Gosling and Elisa Offord, who have done lovely things for me on my side of the pond.

To Cassandra Clare and Holly Black for all the excellent advice, comforting words, and basically being the coolest writer friends possible, even if Jane Austen were resurrected and wanted to hang out.

To my family and friends in Ireland, England, and America who all had to put up with me during the various stages of this book! Particular thanks to the Irish inner circle, Chiara, Susan, Eleanor, Ashling, and Rachael, who put up with more than most.

To Anna, who lived with me in New York and taught me about publishing and firemen; Pinelopi, who lived with me in England while I wrote the book and was the first Alan fan; and Natasha and Jenny, who lived with me (somehow!) in Ireland while I edited it.

To Kingston Uni — my writing group there and my tutor, Liz Jensen — and to Guildford Library.

To the Debutantes of 2009, ladies who are indeed a feast of awesome.

Thanks to those who have been so wonderful to me on live-journal all these years, and to all the marmalade fish out there.