The Wind Between Worlds
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Acknowledgments
This book, and this series, came to life through many amazing people. I can’t tell you enough how much I love and appreciate what you’ve done for my heart.
As always, thank you to Kristen Strassel, who stands by my side always, and shows me what writing life is really like, and makes me want it. I love you.
A huge thank you to Jolene Haley. This book might not have existed if you hadn’t fallen in love with the idea before I ever wrote a word of it, if you hadn’t begged me for more, if you hadn’t encouraged me and said it was right up there with Harry Potter for you. If you hadn’t fallen into this world and pulled me down with you, I might never have immersed myself in it like I did. So thank you.
Thank you to Kennedy Thompson, J. Liz Hill, and Brett Jonas for loving these characters, and finding inspiration in them. And for the proofreading.
To J.C. Lillis and Chuck Wendig, for always making me happy.
Thank you to my brilliant son, Bennett, who gave me a vision of The Gone in his artwork.
Thank you to Sammy, who understands me.
To Robert Smith, who coined the phrase, “We are the darkness between stars,” not knowing how perfectly it fit Luxuria.
To Grandpa, who’s always looking for more of my words.
Thank you to all the parents at Hedge who support me and my writing, and help with the boys. It’s because of you that I have the patience and stamina to write books. Specifically, Marcia Kingsland, Cory and John Panicci, Tracey and John Handrahan, Katie Dayie, Lisa and Tim Cleland, Jen Johnson, and Mary Alves. You help make my home and my passion live in the same space.
To Jessica Allain, Jacqueline Sweet, and Monica Corwin, who work so hard to bring my vision to life.
And of course, to Timmy, for your pride in me, and feeding me to keep me alive, and learning how to take care of our family with me, and for believing in me and us.
Thank you for the words, “I’m so proud of your writing.”
Author’s Note
I wrote this book, and all my books, so that some reader would say, “This is the book I’ve been waiting for.” I hope it’s yours. The characters in THE WIND BETWEEN WORLDS were some of the most honest and real I’ve ever had the pleasure of writing, and I want their audience to come away with something from them. Something that changes the way they think just a little. And always, please tell me what they did for you! I love to hear from my readers.
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Julie is a pizza hoarding, coffee swilling, karate kicking, mythology twisting author and editor with a magnetism for the creepy and obscure. Runs countless Scholastic Book Fairs. Owns a family, Small Mexican Dog, and an army of reptiles.
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