And as if that wasn’t bad enough, she was late, too, so that when she pushed through the doors and practically fell into a metal folding chair at the back, everyone turned to glare at her for interrupting the performance. I don’t mean tipsy-I mean staggering, slurring, everyone-knows drunk. The absolute last straw was when my mom showed up at my recital drunk. And last, thanks to my fabulous agent, Miriam Kriss, for believing in me, and for helping me believe in myself when my confidence wavers. Thanks to my editor, Jennifer Weis, and her assistant, Anne Bensson, for making this book possible in the first place. Thanks also to Dame Kaz for helping me make sure my Avalon Fae didn’t speak too much like transplanted Americans, and to Lauren Abercrombie for helping me make sure my teens came out sounding like teens. Many thanks to my critique partner, Kelly Gay, for all the valuable input she gave me along the way, and for reading multiple drafts without a word of complaint. To the Deadline Dames-Devon, Jackie, Kaz, Keri, Lili, Rachel, Rinda, and Toni-for support above and beyond the call of dutyĪ novel is rarely written in a vacuum, and this one is no exception. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Dataġ. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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