Half-Blood

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank my Mom and Dad for al owing me to write random stuff with permanent markers al over the wal s of my bedroom when I was a teenager and not kil ing me.

To Jesse, thank you for playing Barbies and Nintendo with me. Thank you to Jerry and al my family, extended and close, for being the awesome sauce. A special shout out to whoever created zombies. Whenever I feel like I’m having a bad day, I take a peek at the living dead and total y feel better about myself. Thank you to my sister Dawn, who is probably the only person in this world who wants to see my face on a shirt and not on the back of a milk carton. Ricky Bobby—I don’t know what I would’ve done without the endless distraction you and your sidekick have provided me whenever I’ve reached an impasse in my writing (Thank you, baby Jesus).

So very thankful for my friends—Dawn, Lesa, Amber, Amber number 2, Shel y, Kel ey, Lisa, Tracy, Ashlee, Jen and everyone else—for not disowning me because I choose to spend time with imaginary friends. My betas and awesome writing friends—Brenda St. John Brown, Kimberlee Turley, Claire Merle, Lisa Rogers, Stephanie Sauvinet, Catherine Peace—al helped me not make a complete idiot out of myself when it came to revisions and al that good stuff. Remember those names, because they wil be your favorite authors real soon. Thanks to Carissa Thomas for helping me brainstorm while I played the waiting game. And love and hugs to al the wonderful members of Query Tracker Forum for always being supportive, kind, and ingenious.

O h, Chewie— m y Chewsters, Chewtoy, also known as Chu-won Martin, you were my first friend to actual y read anything I wrote and not laugh. You wil always hold a special place in my heart.

None of this would have happened without my editor and the wonderful y supportive and enthusiastic team at Spencer Hil Press: Kate, Debbie, Osman, and Kendra.

Kate—wow, I don’t even know what to say. Without you, Half-Blood would stil be an annoying and useless file on my computer. You are remarkable and I’m indebted to you.

Michael—thank you for putting up with me when I spend more time with inanimate objects than you. Love you.

Did you think I was going to forget Loki? Ha. Loki, I love you. You’re the best damn dog in the world. I also would like to thank those who looked at me like I was insane when I said I wanted to be a published author. Because of you, I’m achieving that dream.

And final y, huge thanks to Julie Fedderson—you rock my world with your insanely right-on critiques and hilarious comments. Julie, we need to share that bottle of wine sometime soon. I have such a writer crush on you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jennifer L. Armentrout lives in West Virginia. Al the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. Wel , mostly. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write. She shares her home with her husband, his K-9 partner named Diesel, and her hyper Jack Russel Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent her time writing short stories... therefore explaining her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes Adult and Young Adult Urban Fantasy and Romance.

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