I am a little sad to lose this one to publication. I very much hope you enjoyed reading it, but now I no longer have the security of knowing that I can call on Bryony and her Beast in case of emergency.
Oh, well. It’s a weird job, and nobody does it alone.
To my proofreaders, who will see this before anyone else—thank you.
Particular thanks to Cassie Dail who has read it more times than I care to contemplate because she had to read it once when I was panicking that it was too much like Rose Daughter which inspired it, and then once again looking for typos and for all I know, another time after I write these words because something will probably have gone wrong somewhere. Also, she came up with the title.
To my editor Brooke, who made me take out about sixty percent of the dashes and who is, as always, practical, invaluable, and snarky. (Wait, was I supposed to use a semicolon there? Brooke…!) She took the nearly-finished novel and filed off the “nearly” part.
To my friend MCA Hogarth (you should buy her books) who says smart things about self-publishing and draws honey badgers with me. Sometimes you need that.
To my readers, who actually buy these books, thank you! You are the reason I keep writing them. No, literally. If people didn’t buy them, I would have to get a job and I am unfit for most forms of employment. I am very grateful.
And finally, to my husband, who reads the manuscripts and tells me if I am on the right track and also recently acquired a tiny tortoiseshell kitten who is making it really difficult to type this acknowledgments page. I love you very much, but about your cat…!
OTHER WORKS
As T. Kingfisher
Nine Goblins (Goblinhome Book 1)
Toad Words & Other Stories
The Seventh Bride
As Ursula Vernon
From Sofawolf Press:
Black Dogs Duology
House of Diamond
Mountain of Iron
Digger Series
Digger Omnibus Edition
It Made Sense At The Time
For kids:
Dragonbreath Series
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible (forthcoming)
Castle Hangnail
Nurk: The Strange Surprising Adventures of a Somewhat Brave Shrew
Comics Squad: Recess!
T. Kingfisher is a pen-name for the Hugo-Award winning author and illustrator Ursula Vernon.
Ms. Kingfisher lives in North Carolina with her husband, garden, and disobedient pets. Using Scrivener only for e-books, she chisels the bulk of her drafts into the walls of North Carolina's ancient & plentiful ziggurats. She is fond of wombats and sushi, but not in the same way.
You can find links to all these books, new releases, artwork, rambling blog posts, links to podcasts and more information about the author at
www.tkingfisher.com
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