To my husband Steve and the wonderful little people we’ve made together, Astrid, Cullen, and Delilah: you are my home. Thank you for putting up with me even before I’ve had my coffee, for allowing me the time and space I need to create these stories, and for thinking Mom has a cool job. My babies, I’ll always be your greatest fans in whatever you do.
Thank you to all of the booksellers, teachers, librarians, bloggers, and Bookstagrammers for reading, reviewing, and recommending my books, and taking such beautiful pictures of them. Your passion and enthusiasm makes this community such a lovely place to be.
Reader, I’ve saved you for last. Thank you for picking up this book. This story has always felt much bigger than me, and it is my hope that you might feel seen while reading it. For the girls who are nice and the ones who aren’t, I wrote this for you. Sometimes our true nature lies somewhere in the middle.
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Laurie Elizabeth Flynn is the author of three young adult novels: Firsts, Last Girl Lied To, and All Eyes On Her, written under the name L.E. Flynn. She lives in London, Ontario, with her husband and children.
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