Dragonbound
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I loved the writing. I loved the characters. And all the things I’d convinced myself were wrong with it before . . . didn’t actually exist. (Brains are funny that way. And by “funny,” I mean more like “annoying.”)
So many thanks are in order to the people who believed in this book before I did: Holly Root, agent extraordinaire, who loved this idea from the very beginning and never gave up on it; Karen Kincy, who kept asking when I was going to finish it, no matter how many times I claimed I wasn’t; and Chloë Tisdale, who discussed every nuance—maybe even every sentence—of this story endlessly with me.
Huge thanks also go out to my editors, Miriam Juskowicz and Robin Benjamin, who were not only crazy enthusiastic about this project, but amazingly patient and understanding when it took me longer than originally planned.
You guys are all the best.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Photo © 2010 Chloë Tisdale
Chelsea M. Campbell grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where it rains a lot. And then rains some more. She finished her first novel when she was twelve, sent it out, and promptly got rejected. Since then she’s written many more novels, earned a degree in Latin and ancient Greek, become an obsessive knitter and fiber artist, and started a collection of glass grapes. As a kid, Chelsea read lots of adult books, but now that she’s an adult herself (at least according to her driver’s license), she loves books for kids and teens. Besides writing, studying ancient languages, and collecting useless objects, Chelsea is a pop culture fangirl at heart and can often be found rewatching episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, dying a lot in Dark Souls, or spending way too much time on Twitter and Facebook. Her other novels include Fire & Chasm, The Rise of Renegade X, The Trials of Renegade X, The Haunting of Renegade X, The Betrayal of Renegade X, Growing Up Dead, Starlight, and Harper Madigan: Junior High Private Eye.