To Jenn Lacko for imagining with me for the past twenty-eight years—especially over this past year and half, when my brain desperately needed a refreshing change of pace. To Caitlin Naylor for being such a fierce booking agent and for sending me a picture every time you come across my book in the wild. To Shannon Jenkins for telling absolutely everyone you crossed paths with about this series. And to Emily Irwin for offering to plaster NYC with Crossing the Line stickers (which I’m assuming you did, btw). I have the best street team an author could ask for.
Thanks to my coworkers at DCCC for being SO insanely encouraging. When I took this job, I seriously underestimated what it would mean to work with other writers. I’m so grateful for all of you. Extra thanks to Vicky Rostovich for taking my shifts when I needed just a little more time for this book—it really made all the difference.
To Michael Woody and Taylor Peca for being among my first fans and for being so dedicated. I’m truly grateful for both of you.
To everyone in the Sweet 16s and Sixteen to Read, your emails, tweets, and texts have made this whole publishing adventure a lot more fun.
To my amazing critique partners: Andrea Ridgley, thank you for seeing the potential in this early draft, for asking to read it again and again, and for helping me with the problems that came up. I truly would have been lost without your feedback. Dana Celona, thank you for having such a unique take on plot issues. Your ideas and perspective have always pointed me in a direction I hadn’t thought of and did so much to shape this book. Jessie Furia, thank you for being appropriately horrified by the things that happen to my characters. It’s how I know I’m going in the right direction. And for loving my crazy process, even though you want no part of it. (Though I think you secretly want me to teach you my ways. ;) And thank you all for reading this so many times. I never would have gotten this book in any kind of readable shape without you guys.
To my fresh eyes, thank you for waiting so patiently until I pulled this book together enough for you to read. Maggie McGrath, thank you for reading so quickly and calling me the second you were finished. And for everything you’ve done for me and these books. It’s too much to list here, but know I am so grateful. Denise Mroz for being among my last new readers, even though it kills you to wait. For always being one of my biggest supporters, and the Ricky to my Julian. Also, for taking your assistant job so seriously. There is no one better at it than you. And to my cousin Kellsey Rogers for being the first person in my target audience to read my books. Your feedback means more than you know.
To my sister, Katie Rogers, for helping with all of the science and explaining everything over and over again when it was clear that I still didn’t understand. (And for the record, I still don’t understand. Sorry. You’re probably going to have to try again.) Also, for reading and being so upset with that plotline (and equally happy to hear we were changing it).
And to my cousin Hunter Brutsche for the continued use of your brain. For answering my texts and phone calls, and always making time to help me figure out how to make the world work in my favor. This book, and this series, would not be able to exist without all of your help. I don’t think there are enough words in the English language to fully convey just how thankful I am for everything you’ve done to make this series possible.
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