Dragon's Time

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

No one truly labors alone, authors in particular, and we’d like to acknowledge those who helped bring this book to fruition.

We’d like to thank Don Maass, Todd’s agent, for asking us to think outside of the box—it allowed us to take Pern in a direction we had never before considered. We’d also like to thank Diana Tyler, Mum’s agent, for her untiring enthusiasm and support in the writing of not only this book but its sequel, Dragonrider.

Angelina Adams, Margaret Johnson, Susan Martin, and Pam Bennett-Skinner were our brilliant first readers.

Shelly Shapiro, once again editor par excellence at Del Rey, did not shy from her role of demanding the very best we could give, and Martha Trachtenberg performed a marvelous job of copyediting. They are definitely a great team and we know how lucky we are to have them!

Judith Welsh, our editor at Transworld, once again provided her insights and support, working seamlessly with the editors at Del Rey to allow us to produce one consistent editorial voice.

Despite everyone’s efforts, there are probably some errors in this book—that’s just the nature of the beast. When two authors work together, it is usual to “let” one handle the final edits, copyedits, and proof edits. In this case, I, Todd McCaffrey, was given the job. As a consequence, all errors not uncovered rest solely upon my shoulders. (Don’t worry, Mum won’t beat me up too much over them as she knows how mistakes get by the best of us.)