Thank you…
My precious family; David, Robin and Sonny.
Thank you…
Bertie, Mimmie, Terry, Georgina, Nicky, Rocco and Jay, Neil and Breda.
My agent Marianne Gunn O’Connor.
Lynne Drew, Thalia Suzuma, Kate Elton, Belinda Budge, Victoria Barnsley, Lucy Upton, Louise Swannell, Liz Dawson, Moira Reilly, Tony Purdue and the huge and wonderful HarperCollins team worldwide.
Vicki Satlow and Pat Lynch.
All the booksellers who have supported my books and the readers who have welcomed me into their lives. I’m eternally grateful for the honour and hope I have succeeded in delivering something which will move and entertain you.