Orphan's Triumph

Acknowledgments

Books, they say, are marriages. Of ink to paper, of author to material, and of reader to story. Orphan’s Triumph is for some of us an anniversary and for others a spring wedding.

So, my thanks. To something old (child-bride appearances notwithstanding), senior editor Devi Pillai and agent Winifred Golden, both present at the creation, and Alex Lencicki and Jennifer Flax, veterans of the reissued series. To something new, my U.K. editor Bella Pagan and marketing executive Darren Turpin. To something borrowed, the U.K. ’s gift to Orbit U.S., publishing director Tim Holman. And something blue, Calvin Chu, who outdid himself with Triumph’s icy, cerulean cover. And to everyone else at Orbit for their great work.

And, as always, to Mary Beth for anniversaries past and better ones to come.