So Pretty It Hurts

Acknowledgments

It was so wonderful to get back to Bailey Weggins, and I want to thank everyone who helped me with So Pretty It Hurts. In terms of research for the book, I’m indebted to Barbara Butcher, chief of staff, New York City Medical Examiner’s office; Dr. Chet Lerner, chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, New York Downtown Hospital; Dr. Mark Howell, psychotherapist; Faith Kates-Kogan, president and founder of Next Models; Thomas Dolan, IAAI-CFI, patrol officer/crime scene investigator, Carlisle, Pennsylvania police department and fire analyst with NEFCO; and my husband, Brad Holbrook, who is so good with accents (among many other things!).

I also want to say a huge thank-you to my terrific new editor, Kathy Schneider, and to Maya Ziv, too, for all her awesome help. It’s been fantastic working with both of them. Thank you, as well, to Rachel Elinsky, for her amazing efforts with PR. Others at Harper I’d love to give a big shout-out to are Jonathan Burnham, Leah Wasielewski, Katie O’Callaghan, Mark Ferguson, Tina Andreadis, and Leslie Cohen. And as always, thank you to my extraordinary agent, Sandra Dijkstra, whom I adore!