THIS NOVEL WOULDN’T have been possible without Mark Tavani’s clear-eyed vision and razor-sharp advice. I also owe a colossal debt of gratitude to Tracy Devine, who brought this book through its critical last drafts with great insight and devotion, even going so far as to take the manuscript with her on an enriching sojourn to France and Germany. It was a very lucky manuscript, and I’m a very lucky author to have had two such fine editors lend their talents to me.
An essential sounding board for tribulations both great and small, my agent, Elisabeth Weed, has been a source of unfaltering support for The Storm King since the days when this novel was little more than an image in my head of a broken boy walking down an abandoned pier.
I’m deeply indebted to Jane Fleming Fransson, Alessandra Lusardi, Robin Wasserman, and Sarah Landis for their heroic work through the course of many (many!) drafts. Their smart counsel and incisive notes were the keys to puzzling out many tricky moments within these chapters.
The guidance I received from Jennifer Hershey, Jenny Meyer, Jody Hotchkiss, Hanna Gibeau, Betsy Cowie, Dana Murphy, and Hallie Schaeffer was expert, essential, and enormously appreciated.
I owe special thanks to Mary-Kate Duffy, who was both a valuable set of eyes on these pages and an invaluable cheerleader every step of the way. Gigantic thanks, too, to Pat Gilhooly for being an excellent medical consultant, photographer, and mom.
Writing is a mental game and William Duffy, Kevin Duffy, Ann Marie Ricks, Fiona Duffy, Bridget Raines, Aaron Raines, Theresa Maul, Robert Maul, Carolyn Maul, Barbara Mulvee, Lynn Weingarten, Charlotte Hamilton, Ivy Koelliker, Phil Wood, Beth McCarty Wood, Susan Burns Halldorson, Chris Halldorson, Dan Poblocki, Katy Burfitt Rockwood, and Carla Francis all helped keep me in fighting shape. Thank you for your boundless enthusiasm and encouragement.
I’m also very grateful to the excellent and talented team at Ballantine, especially Gina Centrello, Kara Welsh, Kim Hovey, Susan Corcoran, Kristin Fassler, Greg Kubie, Quinne Rogers, Jessica Yung, Matt Schwartz, Vincent La Scala, Paolo Pepe, Carlos Beltrán, Michelle Daniel, Debbie Glasserman, Chuck Thompson, and Karen Richardson.
BY BRENDAN DUFFY
The Storm King
House of Echoes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BRENDAN DUFFY is an editor and the author of House of Echoes. He lives in New York.
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