The Dark Between

by Sonia Gensler

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  Acknowledgments

  Launching a book into the world is a collaborative process, and I was fortunate to have many talented people working with me to make The Dark Between the best story it could be.

  Michelle Frey and her assistant Kelly Delaney deserve my eternal gratitude (and a lovely afternoon tea on me) for patiently shaping this story with their questions and insights. The copyediting team certainly earned heartfelt thanks for their painstaking work. Art director Isabel Warren-Lynch and designer Melissa Greenberg thrilled me with their beautifully creepy jacket art, and I thank them for that. Hooray for Team Knopf!

  Bear hugs to Jennifer Laughran for her wisdom, humor, enthusiasm, and therapeutic skills. It’s an honor to work with you, Tenacious J!

  Many dear friends were willing to read drafts of The Dark Between. L. K. Madigan was an early reader whose love for the story fueled my belief in it. (You are forever in my heart, Lisa, and I miss you so, so much.) Love and gratitude go out to Oklahoma critique buddies Brandi Barnett, Kelly Bristow, Martha Bryant, Dee Dee Chumley, Shel Harrington, and Lisa Marotta—thank you, Inklings, for always being there for me. Diane Bailey, Kim Harrington, Christine Johnson, Lisa Mason, Myra McEntire, Saundra Mitchell, and Natalie Parker also deserve thanks for their support, critical feedback, and all-around adorableness.

  Thanks to Deborah Blum for writing Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death, which captured my imagination and inspired a novel that probably should be subtitled “Children of the Ghost Hunters.”

  Special thanks also to the porters at Newnham College, Cambridge, for always greeting me with a smile and allowing me to wander around the campus at my leisure. I also should thank a certain Trinity College porter for allowing me a very discreet peek into New Court when the college wasn’t officially open to the public.

  As ever I wish to give my family and friends grateful squeezes for their love and unfailing support. I’d be lost without you.

  And, Steve, my dearest love and bestest friend, thank you for being my everything. Always.