The Hawkweed Prophecy (36 page)

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CKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you . . .

Weinstein Books for your belief in this story, especially Amanda Murray, Cindy Eagan, Georgina Levitt, Cisca Schreefel, and Brianne Halverson. I feel so lucky to be working with you.

The team at Orchard Books, especially the brilliant Megan Larkin and Sarah Leonard.

My fantastic agents Catherine Clarke at Felicity Bryan Associates, Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management, and the team at Andrew Nurnberg Associates.

Livia, for the stay in Italy that gave me the time and rest to come up with this idea. And my kind and encouraging early readers—my gorgeous friends, Michelle Coulter, Carolyn Drebin and Debra King; my beautiful niece Atalanta Kearon; and my fabulously talented Write Club ladies, Kathryn, Courtney, Tash, Camilla, Jess, Vicky and Michelle—thank you all.

My darling mum, Voula Tavoulari-Brignull, for the resounding faith she has always had in me and my dad, Tony Brignull, the master wordsmith, for passing on his love of poetry and storytelling.

Most of all, my children for providing the magic in my life and my husband, Billy Radicopoulos, for the love and the madness and for keeping me writing through all of it. I might have written more without our brood but it wouldn't have been this.