Love Is Red (32 page)
Authors: Sophie Jaff
It took me around four years to complete this book, and along the way I was supported and encouraged by a score of amazing people. I can only trust and pray I will be forgiven if I don't mention each and every one of them. There are some, however, that must be thanked for playing such a crucial role. To my phenomenal agent Alexandra Machinist, thank you for believing in me from the first; you are the ultimate reader and doer. To my shining star of an editor Hannah Wood, who has been with me every step of the way; Hannah, without your brilliant insight and passion, this book would not be what it is. You rock. Thank you to everyone at HarperCollins, for their incredible work and commitment. To Dorothy Vincent, for her excellent international representation and board game nights! Thanks to senior trial attorney Richard LaFontaine, for talking with me about lawyers and crime, and to Heather Haddon, for helping me with my article. Thanks to John Vincler and the staff at the Sherman Fairchild Reading Room of the Morgan Library, who provided such inspiring material and made me feel so welcome. Thanks to Mike Javett, for his support during my writing days, and to Fred Wistow, for his help and advice. Thanks to my earliest readers Alex Goldmark, Mariana Elder, and Jean Casetelli, your feedback and thoughts were invaluable. To the Paragraph: Workspace for Writers, for providing me with the perfect space to write this book, and to all the amazing writers I know there, and whom I think of as my writing family. To the Arismans, for their continued love and friendship throughout the years, and to Kathy Tagg, for always raising a glass with me. Thanks also to the late, great Cortland McMeel, who first took a chance on me and published my work. Cort, I miss you and wish you were here. Thanks to Lucy, who has talked me through some of my darkest days back into a lighter place. You helped me become a better writer. To New York and the people who live here, for the endless inspiration. Finally, my deepest thanks to my most beloved Armando. Armando, you keep me anchored in all storms. Wherever you are, that place is home.
Te amo, mi amor.
A native of South Africa,
SOPHIE JAFF
is an alumna of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and a fellow of the Dramatists Guild of America. Her work has been performed at Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, the Duplex, the Gershwin, and Goodspeed Musicals. She lives in New York City.
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
LOVE IS RED
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