The Magnolia Palace

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Stefanie Lieberman for believing in me six books ago and guiding me with your wisdom and wit every step of the way. Also, thanks to Molly Steinblatt and Adam Hobbins for providing brilliant insights and suggestions on the manuscript.

Stephanie Kelly, you have been a dream editor; I can’t thank you enough for the ingenious ways you helped turn a manuscript into a novel. These past six years together have been an absolute joy, and I’m excited for what’s ahead for you. To the entire team at Dutton—Madeline McIntosh, Allison Dobson, Ivan Held, Christine Ball, John Parsley, Amanda Walker, Lindsey Rose, Alice Dalrymple, Becky Odell, Stephanie Cooper, Natalie Church, Lexy Cassola, Katie Taylor, and Christopher Lin—thank you for your enthusiasm and steadfastness, and for making the process of bringing a book out into the world such fun. A huge shout-out to Kathleen Carter, who’s been by my side since the very beginning.

I’m deeply indebted to the current and former staff at the Frick Collection, including Heidi Rosenau, Colin B. Bailey, Ian Wardropper, Sally Brazil, and Julie Ludwig. Major thanks to Jennifer Quinlan, Nikki Slota-Terry, William Johnson, Tammi Lawson, LeRonn P. Brooks, Thelma Golden, Yael Peres, Meredith Bergmann, Margeaux Weston, Mary Morgan, Linda Powell, Coco Arnesen, Andrew Alpern, Dilys Davis, and The Bowery Boys podcast.

I’m so grateful to the wide community of booksellers, librarians, book bloggers, and authors. The list is long, but I’ll start by thanking Amy Poeppel, Susie Orman Schnall, Nicola Harrison, Lynda Cohen Loigman, Jamie Brenner, Suzanne Leopold, Kristin Harmel, Wendy Walker, Georgia Clark, Brenda Janowitz, Lauren Willig, Christina Baker Kline, and Kerri Maher. I’m indebted to so many people who help spread the word, including Andrea Peskind Katz, Pamela Klinger-Horn, Zibby Owens, the fab five at Friends and Fiction, Robin Kall Homonoff, Cindy Burnett, Jamie Rosenblit, Kristy Barrett, Christie Hinrichs, and Susan McBeth. There are far too many to list here, but I thank you all for connecting readers and authors.

Thank you to my family: Brian, Dilys, Martin, Mace, Caitlin, Erin, and Lauren. And finally, thanks to Greg Wands for your generous spirit and your love.