Them or Us

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Sincere thanks to all those who’ve helped make the Hater series what it has become: Both those who’ve read and enjoyed the books (okay, maybe enjoyed isn’t the right word), and those involved with the publication of the series (particularly Brendan Deneen and all at Thomas Dunne Books in New York, and all at Gollancz in London).

Particular thanks to John Schoenfelder and Jo Fletcher, without whom 1. these books might never have happened, and 2. the overall story wouldn’t have been half the story it eventually became.

Thanks to my friends and family, especially Lisa and the girls. Ladies, without you all I’d probably have plenty of cash and loads of spare time, but I’d also be bored, lonely, and completely uninspired. I may be becoming a grumpy old man, and I might not say it often enough, but you are my world and I love you all.

Finally, thanks to my late father-in-law, John Tipper, and my mother-in-law, Betty, for introducing me to Lowestoft and the surrounding area. Thanks also to whoever it was who once casually said to me, “I bet it’s easy thinking about the end of the world when you’re staying with the mother-in-law,” and set me on the path to writing Them or Us!