Rebecca Rose at Breakwater has assembled a crackerjack team. Rhonda Molloy did my beautiful book jacket, Elisabeth de Mariaffi is a go-getter of a marketer, and James Langer is a dream of a managing editor. I feel awfully fortunate to have them in my corner.
I have learned a huge amount from the members of the Burning Rock writing group, who are very important to me.
Many thanks to Libby Creelman, Jessica Grant, LynnMoore, Martha Wells, and Michael Winter.
Thanks to Annamarie Beckel and Susan Rendell.
Thanks to Diane Collier for all the walks and the listening and the sensible advice.
Thanks to my parents, Mike and Frances Wilkshire, who have supported me in this as in so many endeavours.
Chris Stevenson and I were in primary school together: who knew that decades later we’d sing in the same choir and he’d be president of the local branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada? He was generous with his knowledge of the galaxies; any mistakes are, of course, mine.
Thanks to Kim Northcott for the useful tools.
I am grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
CLAIRE WILKSHIRE is a freelance writer, editor, translator, and teacher. She’s a long-time member of the Burning Rock writing group, and her short stories have appeared in a variety of anthologies and literary magazines. She lives in St. John’s with writer Larry Mathews and their children, Tim and Sally. maxine is her first novel.
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