The Rival

The Rival Page 28

by Charlotte Duckworth

  The team at Quercus have exceeded my expectations, and I would like to say a massive thanks to them too. My editor Cassie Browne’s guidance and insight has improved my writing immeasurably – not just in this book but for the future too. I’d also like to thank Rachel Neely, for her painstaking work editorially, and for picking up on my cringeworthy inconsistencies! It has been an utter joy working with you both and I keep having to pinch myself. Thank you too Andrew Smith, for a cover that gave me goosebumps when I saw it.

  There are lots of other people who had a hand in this book somewhere. My tutor at the Faber Academy, Joanna Briscoe, really renewed my faith in my writing with her encouragement and interest. Thank you for believing in me. And then of course, there’s my whole Faber Academy gang – you have all been a constant support and the best cheerleading team I could have asked for.

  My friend and fellow author Becky Fleet, who has held my hand through my entire writing ‘career’ to date and was the first reader of this book – thank you for everything! I’d also like to thank my superstar unicorns, Vicky Harrison and Susie Ewart-James, for all the Whatsapp chats and general angst dilution you provide.

  On a more serious note, thank you to Alice Marlow and Claire Emerson for your help with the medical research for the book, and for answering all my macabre questions. I promise I won’t write too many more books with sick/dead children in.

  Finally (I’m trying my best not to write ‘last but not least’ but it’s a challenge . . .) my family. Mum, Dad and Poph, thank you for being so proud. And then of course, my own little team, Daphne and Oli. You’re what it’s all about. Thank you Daphne for napping (sometimes) enough that I could get my face back in front of my laptop. But most of all, thank you Ol for uncomplainingly taking on more than your fair share of the domestic load so that I could write this. If more men were like you, the world would be a much better place.

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  The Rival

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  Landmarks

  Cover

  Table of Contents

  The Rival

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