Acknowledgments for The Key of Kilenya
First and foremost, I want to thank my family for their friendship and for putting up with me while I’ve made this dream become a reality. I love you all! Thanks especially to my husband, and to Dad, Mom, Lisa, Daniel, and Josh for reading, believing in me, and for your comments and suggestions. I couldn’t ask for a better critique group than my own family.
Second, I have to thank my amazing friends, Tristi Pinkston and Jenni James. For supporting me, being there for me when I've needed it, and gently encouraging me onward. I love you two so very much! Tristi, you are the super-coolest world’s best editor. :-)
Thank you to BJ Rowley for his assistance on this project. I'll forever be grateful to you for what I learned from you and for what you did for me. A huge and heartfelt thanks to James Curwen for his hours put into the cover for The Key of Kilenya, and for making my monsters come to life with his illustrations. Thank you also to my friends over the past few years who have been monumental in my decision to become a writer, or who have assisted me with the writing in some way: Schaara Bradley, Sheena Burns, Brianna Bills, Becky Bush, Jared Dickson, Ron and Charles, the CHQ NOC engineers (Jesse, Craig, Daniel and Ron), my supervisors (Dave, Stew and Elaine), and Broalt and LeShandra Spraguelor.
Next, I’d like to thank my beta readers, because without their comments and suggestions, The Key of Kilenya wouldn't have ever been published. Lon Pearson, Jenni Goodman, Megan Taylor, Kevin Bush, Millie and Jensen, Debbie West, Lani Nelson, my friends/readers from Authonomy: Jenni James, Jeff, Dave, and Stella. Appreciation to Margo Hammeren, Chris Olsen, their kids, and everyone else on my parents’ lists who’ve helped and supported me—I hate not being able to mention you all by name (that would take up at least twelve pages) but know that I love and appreciate what you’ve done for me.
My advanced orchestra students from my first year of teaching also need to be mentioned: Allison, Megan, Braeden, Levi, Noah, Lizzy, Savannah, Olivia, Katie, Kim, and Haylie. Thanks, guys, for your ideas for artwork, my series, and your enthusiasm for this book! (Don’t forget to practice!)
Gratitude also goes to my brother Mike, to Becky Kendall and Kendall Teichert for the sweat and blood they put into helping me get through that last awful, Leaves-a-Bad-Taste-in-Your-Mouth math class—Becky, especially, for dealing with my day-dreaming about getting published when I should’ve been doing homework.
And a big “I love you” to Steve and Mardi Nielsen—my adopted grandparents—for their loving support and friendship, and for giving me the time I needed to write and edit this book while staying with them.
Thanks to Gavin Cox and Glenn Pearson for being the world’s most stupendous, fabulous, fantastic and talented photographers, Marc and Becky Bule for the hours upon hours of late-night conversations, suggestions, and support, the Drycreek S.S. group for their continual friendship, love, and encouragement (next time I see you I’ll make sure to be toting a really big purse and will leave it where you can find it), the Saturday Second Shift-ers for praying for me, believing in me, and being there for me.
And to all my friends and family—thank you so much for your support, excitement, and help. I love you all!
And last, I express my gratitude to the people who invented music, string cheese, dried pears, the English muffin (toasted, of course), and butter—without which this book might never have been published. (Or written!)
The Ember Gods
Kilenya Series Book Two
Andrea Pearson
Copyright 2011 Andrea Pearson
Book design and layout copyright 2011 Andrea Pearson
Cover design copyright 2011 James E. Curwen
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