The Mage and the Magpie
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…my editor, Crystal Watanabe, for fixing my issues, improving the story, making Archibald more awesome, for staying out of my way so gracefully, and for being so generous with her wit. She fixed the first sentence, wrote the last, and improved everything in between.
…my many wonderful beta readers…especially Bryonna Bowen, Spencer Bowen, and Spencer Bagshaw, who should probably have been paid…as for the rest of you, there are really too many of you to name, but you know who you are. Your feedback and enthusiasm kept me writing.
And to God, who was the first person to tell me that I should be a writer, and who deserves all the credit in the end.
About the Author
Austin has been reading books and making up stories since he was a little kid. In those days, he was dressed like Peter Pan, Robin Hood, cowboys, and wizards, more often than he was dressed like himself. Today he wears normal clothes, but he is still making up stories, and now he has learned to write them down. Austin lives beside a little river in California with his wife Brigette, and his son, who is as yet unborn and unnamed. He has many more stories on the way and cannot wait to share them.