Winterbirth

Acknowledgements

I am very grateful for the contribution others have made to the creation and publication of this book. Those I want to thank include:

My agent Sacha Elliot, without whose enthusiasm this might never have happened, and her colleagues Anne Dewe and Tina Betts;

Tim Holman, Darren Nash and Gabriella Nemeth at Orbit, all of whom have made the book better than it would otherwise have been, and Chartwell Illustrators for providing the maps;

Steve Griffin and Criana Connal, for sharing the idea that being a writer is a worthwhile ambition;

My parents, to acknowledge whose contribution in full would need more pages than are available;

And Fleur, who makes no complaint at having to share me with a computer.