The Bone Quill
Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our favourite story as kids was one that our dad would tell us usually on holiday and usually as rain and wind pummelled our caravan. The characters never stayed the same, but the story always ended with a scary chase through the woods and the line, ‘Give me back my bone.’ In a roundabout way, this book was imagined from that line. So first we need to thank our dad and mum, John and Marion, for always finding time for stories.
To the significant men in our lives, Kevin and Scott, whose unconditional love and unswerving support make our work together possible. We couldn’t do this writing stuff without you. To Turner and Clare (Casey too), we miss having you around all the time but love that you’re creating your own stories now.
To Lucy Courtenay our amazing editor, whose sharp eye and keen insights helped hone a complicated plot and made this a better book – a huge round of applause.
To the crew at Michael O’Mara Books a big thank you, especially Lesley O’Mara, Alison Parker, Philippa Wingate, Justine Smith, Bryony Jones, Ana McLaughlin and Jessica Barratt.
Special thanks to Gavin Barker of Gavin Barker Associates, Georgina Capel and Anita Land of Capel and Land Ltd and Team Barrowman’s Rhys Livesy, Teresa Marsh, Carole Gordon and Gillian Nuttall.
We’re thrilled that the island of Cumbrae has embraced this series and welcomed the Calder twins as their own, but we still have to say that Auchinmurn and its inhabitants (past and present) are creations of our imaginations. Any changes in geography are deliberate and any errors are ours alone.
Finally, we are truly grateful for public art galleries like London’s National Gallery, Tate Britain and the Milwaukee Art Museum who have inspired the art in these pages. And we are especially thankful for all who continue to create art and for those who teach us to appreciate it.
Carole & John
2012
Have you read the gripping prequel to Bone Quill?
ISBN: 978-1-907151-64-4
ePub: 978-1-78055-084-8
ePub enhanced: 978-1-78055-196-8
Mobi: 978-1-78055-085-5