I also owe an enormous thanks to the amazing literary/black belt ninja agent team: Josh, Tracey, and Quinlan at Adams Literary. Plain and simple, you made a writer’s dream come true, and that has changed my life forever.
Thanks also to my critique group, the Secret Gardeners, as well as my beta readers, Constance, Lauren, Kim, Ameliann, and especially Melissa, who has been reading my work and giving me insightful feedback since that first awful picture book ages ago. I’d also like to acknowledge the Lucky 13s and Friday the Thirteeners for moral support, and to congratulate them on their debuts. It’s been a heck of a year!
Of course, my parents, Peggy and Tim, played a big role giving me my love of literature. You and the whole Highland Books family make up my favorite home away from home and the best place for a child to grow up. Thanks also to all my friends and family who offered support through frantic phone calls, photography sessions, playlists, and book-shaped cakes. And to my husband, Jesse, who gave me the courage to believe in myself. You make each day better than the last. And lastly, I want to acknowledge my admiration for H. G. Wells, whose book The Island of Doctor Moreau inspired me to create this story. I’ll never forget reading Wells’s works when I was a teenager myself, and being exposed to such compelling and insightful ideas about the world we inhabit.
This list could take up so many pages, because I have so many more people to thank for their very generous support along the way. Holding this book in my hands is an incomparable feeling, and I will never be able to find the words to express to each and every one of you how thankful I am for your encouragement.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MEGAN SHEPHERD grew up in her family’s independent bookstore in North Carolina. An avid reader and world traveler who spent several years in the Peace Corps, Megan now lives with her husband in Asheville, North Carolina. The Madman’s Daughter is her first novel. You can visit her online at www.meganshepherd.com.
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Cover design by Alison Klapthor
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Copyright © 2013 by Megan Shepherd
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shepherd, Megan.
The madman’s daughter / Megan Shepherd. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Dr. Moreau’s daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father’s island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle.
ISBN 978-0-06-212802-7 (trade bdg.)
ISBN 978-0-06-224696-7 (international ed.)
EPub Edition © DECEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062128041
[1. Science fiction. 2. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Characters in literature—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S54374Mad 2013
2012004281
[Fic]—dc23
CIP
AC
12 13 14 15 16 LP/RRDH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
First Edition
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