More thanks go to the rest of The Good Literary Agency team, especially for Arzu Tahsin’s developmental wizardry; and to the Northern Writers’ Awards team, because winning that changed everything; to Fionn Kay-Lavelle for music and men-toring; to everyone at Atkinsons Coffee Roasters for making me so welcome in my second (and third) cafe homes; to King St. Studios for their artistic hub; to Lucy Nankivell and Judith Shaw for their eagle eyes; to Petur Højgaard Kristensen, Gail Rennie and Mike Robinson for ideas and critique beyond all sanity, and to all the other fabulous critters at CritiqueCircle.com, especially Harpalycus, Lola, Peter Martin, Lynn, Charlie Aylett and Jordan Elizabeth; to Sarah Dobbs for signposting and support; and to Simon at The Multimedia Shop, who saved me from computer Armageddon during final edits.

Special thanks to Andrew for all visible and invisible forms of support; to Peter & Dom for being yourselves and for all your funniest one-liners, and to Mum & Vernon for everything.