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  60. Acknowledgments
  61. About the Author
  62. Books by Anna Bright
  63. Back Ad
  64. About the Publisher

To The Beholder’s incredible team at HarperCollins, including Jon Howard, Erica Ferguson, Monique Vescia, Kimberly Stella, Vanessa Nuttry, Michael D’Angelo, Bess Braswell, Kris Kam, Jane Lee, and Tyler Breitfeller: you have made my story a book, and you have told people about it, and you have put it in their hands, and I’m in awe. I wish I could tell my teen self the kind of people I would get to work with someday. I am so grateful for your blood, sweat, and sheer talent. Thank you.

To Michelle Taormina and the team at Vault49: You gave me a fairy-tale dream of a cover. Your artistic ability is truly its own kind of magic. My sincerest gratitude to you.

My gratitude to Momma and to Amber Sisenstein, who advised me on all matters medical, and to Dr. Barry Rumack, who was my consultant on all things toxicology. To Nick, Kristin Istre, Tom Schrandt, and Sally Anderson, for answering my Russian, Ukrainian, Norwegian, German, and French language questions: Spasybo, spasybi, takk, danke, merci. Thank you so much. All errors are, obviously, my own, and not the fault of my generous guides.

To Kiera Cass, Evelyn Skye, and Jodi Meadows: I admire each of you so much as creators and as humans. It’s special to have your words on my work. My gratitude to you all. To Angele McQuade, Poppy Parfomak, Brigid Kemmerer, Lisa Maxwell, Jodi Meadows again, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Miranda Kenneally, Lindsay Smith, Robin Talley, Jessica Spotswood, Martina Boone, Diana Peterfreund, Mary G. Thompson, Pintip Dunn, Christina June, Katy Upperman, and the rest of the DMV writer crew: it has been such fun befriending you guys. Thanks for the warm welcome. I adore you. And to my fellow Novel19s: it has been a pleasure to debut alongside you all. All my love.

So many musicians opened emotional doors for me as I wrote the scenes that make up this story. To Delta Rae, NEEDTOBREATHE, Handsome Ghost, Taylor Swift, Hozier, Howard Shore, Phillip Phillips, Brooke Fraser, Ed Sheeran, Lights, and so many other artists: thank you for your work. Art begets art. I will always be grateful for what you gave to mine.

To Mrs. Lois Gidcumb: thank you for putting Ella Enchanted into my hands when I was nine. It’s still one of my favorites. You were a truly kind and wonderful librarian.

To the Georgetown small group at Grace Downtown church: I am braver for having you all in my life. I love you guys. See you Wednesday.