A Song of Shadows
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I’d be all at sea without my editor at Hodder & Stoughton, Sue Fletcher, and Emily Bestler, my editor at Atria Books/Emily Bestler Books, so my thanks to them both, and to all those at Hodder and Hachette who continue to support my work, including Swati Gamble, Kerry Hood, Carolyn Mays, Lucy Hale, Breda Purdue, Jim Binchy, Ruth Shern and Frank Cronin; and everyone at Atria and Simon & Schuster who looks after me, including Judith Curr, Megan Reid, David Brown, and Louise Burke. Darely Anderson and his angels in London remain the best agents a boy could ask for. Clair Lamb, minion beyond compare, acts as a voice of reason and friendship, and Madeira James and all at xuni.com keep me connected to the digital world, and try to explain concepts like the Internet to me without raising their voices. Meanwhile, Kate O’Hearn, author and good soul, took care of clearances, which sounds much easier than it actually was.
Finally, love and gratitude to my partner and fellow author Jennie Ridyard, and to Cameron and Alistair. I mean, what would be the point without you all?