Reliquary (Reliquary Series Book 1) (26 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First and foremost, I want to thank the folks at 47North, particularly Jason Kirk, who advocated for
Reliquary
from the outset, along with Courtney Miller, Ben Smith, Britt Rogers, and the rest of this energetic, creative team. To Leslie Miller, my developmental editor, I am especially grateful. Lam, your patience and willingness to listen made all the difference. I’d also like to thank Janice Lee, my copyeditor, for her keen eye and precision, as well as Phyllis DeBlanche for proofreading, and Faceout Studio for their cover design.

To Kathleen Ortiz, my fierce and attentive agent, thank you for understanding my radio silence and diverting traffic when necessary. Gaby Salpeter, my assistant, gets a big virtual hug for operating as my frontal lobes as needed. And to New Leaf Literary & Media—thank you for providing all manner of auxiliary support.

Writing
Reliquary
was both exhilarating and therapeutic, and I owe gratitude to Amber Lynn Natusch and Brigid Kemmerer for excellent early feedback and cheerleading. To Brigid and Lydia Kang, thanks as well for simple friendship and hours of listening. I couldn’t have made it through without your validation and screaming goat GIFs.

Thanks to my other friends, Paul and Liz, Jim (who also gave useful critical feedback about a certain scene) and Susanne, Sue and Craig, and Claudine, for providing refuge when needed and laughter, love, and reality checks at all times. A thousand thank-yous to my parents, Jerry and Julie Fine, for providing unconditional support 24/7/365, without judgment and with absolute ferocity. Of course, hugs to my babies, Asher and Alma, for simply existing and being the reason I persist.

And to my readers—this is all your fault, and I can’t possibly thank you enough.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photo © 2012 Rebecca Skinner

Sarah Fine is a clinical psychologist and the author of the Servants of Fate and Guards of the Shadowlands series. She was born on the West Coast, was raised in the Midwest, and is now firmly entrenched on the East Coast.