Fairest

Acknowledgments

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You …

To Jill, Cheryl, and Katelyn, for all your guidance and enthusiasm, and for not batting an eye when I was like, “Surprise! I wrote this thing, and I have no idea what to do with it.”

To Liz, Jean, and Jon, for believing in me as an author, and for believing in Levana’s story as one that needed to exist in the world.

To Rich Deas, for the most outstanding book covers a writer could ever hope for.

To the rest of the Macmillan team, for your tireless creativity and constant efforts on behalf of myself and the Lunar Chronicles.

To all of the folks behind NaNoWriMo, for reminding me every year what I’m capable of when I really put my mind to it.

To Tamara Felsinger, Jennifer Johnson, and Meghan Stone-Burgess, for being brilliant yet again.

To Jesse, for making me laugh even when the writing gets all depressing and stuff.

And lastly, to that girl who came to the Cress launch party dressed up as Queen Levana and pretended to kill me with her crazy-long fingernails. Thank you for not actually killing me with your crazy-long fingernails … Your Majesty.