All the Major Constellations
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My agent, Esmond Harmsworth. Thank you for your graceful advice and guidance.
All the wonderful people at Viking Children’s. Kenneth Wright (I can never thank you enough. But here goes, thank you for giving me a chance, understanding my book, and setting me off in the right direction). My brilliant editors: the incisive Regina Hayes and the indispensable Alexander Ulyett. Thanks also to cover designer Maggie Olson, interior designer Jim Hoover, copy editor Kaitlin Severini, production editors Janet Pascal and Abigail Powers, and my publicist Bridget Hartzler.
All my teachers, especially Diane Les Becquets (for so many things, the least of which is aligning the stars), Richard Adams Carey, Merle Drown, Craig Childs, Ellen Schmidt, William Vesterman, Kerrin McCadden, John Bate, and Judith Chalmer.
Walead Esmail, for your lovely poem.
Jomo Omari Edwards, Lisa Chan, Sam J. Miller, Robert Greene, and Rebecca Mahoney. Thank you for reading my book (or listening to me read my book) in its many, many iterations, and for offering great criticism and insight.
Laura Vogel, Amanda Dunham, and Jamie Ann Brassill, for your excellent babysitting skills. Without you ladies this novel would have never been finished!
Jenevieve Johnson of the Jenny Wren Café. Thank you for your sandwiches, hospitality, and fascism-destroying brownies.
Sierra and Brandy, for Springfield. Love you ladies.
Peggy and Steve, thanks for being such wonderful people.
Extra special thanks to Lisa Chan, for more things than I can list.
Kevin, you’re the best big brother in the world. As of this writing I owe you the Buddha card.
My parents, Roger and Chandrakala, my first and finest teachers.
Steve and Autumn, loves of my life.
was born and raised in Vermont. She now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, daughter, and their two magnificent cats. When she’s not writing, Pratima enjoys jogging very slowly (some might call it shuffling) and spending time with her family.
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