All This Time
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—Mikki
Thank you, first and foremost, to my editor, Alexa Pastor, who got this team from start to finish, through rain and ice and hellfire. I am continually in awe of you! May you celebrate with a platter of pizza rolls.
To Mikki, for trusting me with All This Time, which has been so very close to your heart for so long. This is your story. Thanks for letting me live in it for a while.
I am beyond grateful to Justin Chanda, Julia McCarthy, and the rest of the incredible team at Simon & Schuster. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to work with such an amazing group of people.
Huge thanks to Rachel Ekstrom Courage and my agent, Emily van Beek, at Folio Literary, for all the time and care you put into me and my writing.
Also to Siobhan Vivian, for the advice, for the guidance, and for Writing Youth Literature 1 (& 2!) at the University of Pittsburgh.
To my ride-or-die, Lianna Rana, and to Ed, Judy, Mike, Luke, and Aimee, for family dinners, games of Dominion, and vacations smack in the middle of a deadline.
I am especially grateful to my mom, who has always supported me in everything I do. I love you.
And finally, to Alyson Derrick, for making happily ever after everything a girl could dream of.
—Rachael
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About the Author
Mikki Daughtry graduated from Brenau University, where she studied theatre arts. She is a screenwriter and novelist living in Los Angeles and is one of the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart. When she’s not writing, she is watching old black-and-white movies, listening to Doris Day on repeat, or reading ancient Greek plays. The classics. Always.
Rachael Lippincott is one of the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart. She holds a BA in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, she currently resides in Pittsburgh with her wife and their dog, Hank.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Daughtry, Mikki, author. | Lippincott, Rachael, author.
Title: All this time / Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott.
Description: First edition. | New York City : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] | Audience: Ages 12 Up. | Audience: Grades 7-9. | Summary: After a traumatic accident, Kyle feels lost until he meets Marley, who seems like the girl of his dreams, but as they grow closer he fears he is headed for another crash.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020012330 | ISBN 9781534466340 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534466364 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Grief—Fiction. | Brain—Wounds and injuries—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Single-parent families—Fiction. | Mothers and sons—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.D335812 All 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020012330