If She Wakes

Acknowledgments

Let’s start off with readers, librarians, and booksellers — who should always be first when it comes to author gratitude.

The team at Little, Brown and Company is the best. Thanks to Joshua Kendall, Michael Pietsch, Reagan Arthur, Sabrina Callahan, Craig Young, Terry Adams, Heather Fain, Nicky Guerreiro, Maggie (Southard) Gladstone, Ashley Marudas, Shannon Hennessey, Karen Torres, Karen Landry, and Tracy Roe. Everyone involved in the process of taking the book into the world is deeply appreciated.

Much gratitude to Richard Pine and the team at InkWell Management, and to Angela Cheng Caplan. Lacy Whitaker has done her best to make me presentable to the social-media world, which is no small task.

Thanks to Dr. Daniel Spitzer for his guidance and expertise.

Early readers who suffered painful drafts are always appreciated — Christine Koryta, Bob Hammel, Pete Yonkman, and Ben Strawn provided invaluable feedback and support. My parents always do, and always have.

And thanks to the Blackwell family. You’re the gift that keeps on giving.