To my fierce editor, Jennifer Klonsky, thank you for your brilliant editorial insight, tenacious enthusiasm, and endless kindness. Endless gratitude to my entire badass Harper team: Gina Rizzo, Elizabeth Ward, Catherine Wallace, and Elizabeth Lynch. I am so lucky to be the beneficiary of your wisdom and hard work and to get to hang out with such a fab group of women.

Deepest thanks to Suzanne Murphy and Kate Jackson for championing this series from the start and continuing to enthusiastically cheer it along.

Thanks also to the rest of the fabulous Harper marketing, publicity, and library teams: Nellie Kurtzman, Cindy Hamilton, Patty Rosati, Molly Motch, and Sabrina Abballe. Thanks also to those mad geniuses in integrated marketing: Colleen O’Connell and Margot Wood. Many thanks to the astounding art department: Barb Fitzsimmons, Alison Donalty, Alison Klapthor, and the supremely gifted Sarah Kaufman.

Thank you to the passionate and devoted Harper sales team: Andrea Pappenheimer, Kerry Moynagh, and Kathy Faber. Thanks also to Jen Wygand, Jenny Sheridan, Heather Doss, Deb Murphy, Fran Olson, Susan Yeager, Jess Malone, and Jess Abel, as well as Samantha Hagerbaumer, Andrea Rosen, and Jean McGinley.

And last, but certainly not least, thank you to all the committed people in Harper managing editorial: Josh Weiss, Bethany Reis, and proofreader Valerie Shea.

Thank you to the many bloggers dedicated to spreading the word about the books they love. And thank you, thank you, thank you to the many passionate booksellers on the front lines. We authors and readers are so grateful for your wise counsel placing books into the right hands, often at just the right moment.

Many thanks to my loyal friend and agent extraordinaire, Marly Rusoff. I am so lucky to have you captaining my ship. A special thank-you to Julie Mosow for your exceptional advice and tireless assistance. Thanks also to Michael Radulescu and Gina Iaquinta for your support. To the amazingly talented, hardworking, and miraculously resourceful Kathleen Zrelak and Lynn Goldberg—forever grateful for all you have done. Thank you also to the ever-fabulous Shari Smiley and Lizzy Kremer and a special thanks to Harriet Moore.

My gratitude to the numerous experts who have so generously lent me their time and their wisdom: Victoria Cook, Elena Evangelo, Dr. Michael Henry, Mark Merriman, Sarabinh Levy-Brightman, Tracy Piatkowski, Dr. Rebecca Prentice, Daniel Rodriguez, Michael Stackow, and Tanya Weisman.