Any errors in this book are my own.
To the inspiring English and creative writing instructors in my life: Micol Ostow, Beth Spires, Michelle Tokarczyk, Arnold Sanders, Jeff Myers, Johnny Turtle, Lee Foust, T.J. Anderson, Rick Tretheway, Thorpe Moeckel, and Jeanne Larsen. Thank you.
An epic thank you to everyone at Katherine Tegen Books—my publisher, Katherine Tegen, my first editor Claudia Gabel, and Ben Rosenthal. Also Laurel Symonds, Melissa Miller, and Alexandra Arnold, and the entire art team for their work on the cover. And thank you to everyone at Curtis Brown—my agent Ginger Clark and also Holly Frederick and Kerry D’Agostino—for helping get The Ward out there.
Lastly, my fam—my sister, my cousins, my aunts and uncles. Your support knows no bounds. Grandma, I’m too lucky to have you in my life. Thank you for knowing me better than I knew myself, and for the gentle nudge in the right direction. Mom and Dad, I’m so very, very blessed to have you both on my team. Your faith in me is the only reason I took my own writing seriously.
Thank you.
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JORDANA FRANKEL teaches a YA novel writing class at her alma mater, Goucher College, as the Kratz Writer-in-Residence, and has also taught creative writing classes at Writopia Lab. She is a former marketing associate at the Book Report Network and received her MFA in creative writing from Hollins University. She lives in New York City. Jordana is also the author of The Ward. You can visit her online at www.jordanafrankel.com.
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