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Second off, thank you to the team at Zephyr and Head of Zeus. To my editor, Fiona Kennedy, who looked into my brain and saw how it could be organised more sensibly and knew what I was trying to do before I did. To Jade Gwilliam for suffering me whatsapping garbage-brain thoughts at weird times, and being as enthusiastic about shoving Dangerous Remedy into people’s hands as I am. Thank you also to Lauren, Jenni, Vicki, Dan, Topsy, Clémence and Jessie.
Thank you to Laura Brett whose artwork is charmingly creepy, and means I’ve got the best cover of 2020, hands down.
Writing books is a desperately lonely, extreme endurance sport, and I wouldn’t have made it through intact without knowing as many wonderful, talented, generous authors, writers, publishing and books people as I do. You understand all the weird stuff I want to say without me having to explain it, and your support for Dangerous Remedy has made me cry real tears from my eyes.
The Alchemists – Jess Rule, Jess Rigby, Natasha Harding, Kesia Lupo (thank you for letting me endlessly panic at you) and Maddy Beresford (thank you for being in the dark side of my brain with me, I can’t wait to see what we do together).
My delightful D&D disaster pals – Tash Suri, Daphne Lao Tonge, Kate Harrison (thanks for the Sheffield safe house) and Carly Suri.
My dear, strange writing friends, I’m sorry you have to know me but it’s just too late for you now. Chloe Seager, Yasmin Rahman, Sophie Cameron, Peta Freestone, Bex Hogan, Danielle Jawando, Catherine Johnson, Leena Normington, you are all mine now. Worse luck.
And all you fantastic people I’ve met and loved since letting myself pursue this old publishing thing – Lizzie Huxley-Jones, Charlie Morris, Aisha Bushby, Ciannon Smart, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Helen Corcoran, Ciara Smyth, Mel Salisbury, David Owen, Darren Stobbart, Laura Stevens, Kate Dylan, Sarah Corrigan, Jim Dean, Stevie Finnegan – thank you all for more than you’ll ever know.
And thank you to you, dear reader. Thank you for taking a chance on this book. Thank you to everyone who has supported Dangerous Remedy, shouted about it online or written reviews. You make this whole thing worthwhile.
And a final shout out to my therapist. There is zero way I could have written a damn thing without 5+ years of you sorting my brain out.