A Conspiracy of Wolves

Acknowledgments

My deepest gratitude to Louise Hampson, Joyce Gibb, Mary Morse, and Jennifer Weltz for thoughtful readings and insightful suggestions.

Thank you to Laura D. Gelfand and Thomas Thorp for their inspiring presentations in a session Werewolf? There, Wolf at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at WMU and follow on communications regarding Magda’s question – What do folk see when they see a wolf? Extra thanks to Laura for permission to use a quote from her talk as an epigraph.

For all domestic canine details I am indebted to Molly Gibb for sharing her considerable expertise.

Thanks to Kate Lyall Grant for inviting me into the Severn House family, and all the team, including Sara Porter and Natasha Bell, who have taken my manuscript and turned it into a beautiful book.

I am grateful to all the fans of Owen, Lucie, Magda, Michaelo and all the cast who kept asking for a new chapter in their story. Thank you for your patience!

Deep appreciation to my partner Charlie Robb for the beautiful maps and so many other graphic and logistical solutions. You are my light, my love, and my anchor.