by Rosalyn Eves
To my agent, Josh Adams, for believing in this book and for bolstering my faith when it flagged.
To my editor, Michelle Frey, for seeing something in the story and making it even better, and to associate editor Kelly Delaney, copy editor Sue Cohan, and the rest of the amazing team at Knopf. To cover designer Ray Shappell and CG studio Agent BOB for creating the beautiful cover.
To my critique group—Helen Boswell, Tasha Seegmiller, Erin Shakespear, and Elaine Vickers—for reading the first chapter and telling me this is the book I should write. And then for sticking around for the rest of a long journey.
To the generous readers who read part or all of early drafts: Jenilyn Tolley, Kendra Santa Cruz, Bruce Collings, Emily Manwaring, Kathryn Purdie, Emily Milner, Naomi Wyatt, Emily R. King, Megan Collins, Angela Ure Cothran, Kel Purcill, Katy Anderson, Sally Pead, Heather Harris Bergevin, Kristine Nielsen, Kimberly Vanderhorst, Virginia Boecker, Danielle Mages Amato, Kip Rechea, Mara Rutherford, Tara Sim, and Summer Spence.
To my writing communities for invaluable advice and support: my Sisters in Writing, the 2014 Pitch Wars Mentees, the Sweet Sixteens, the Swanky Seventeens, and the class of 2k17.
To Kovács Ildikó for making sure my rusty Hungarian was not too rusty and generously advising me on phrasing. To Bekefi Miklos for his advice on Hungarian Romani culture. To Dave Lunt for Latin tips.
To my parents for believing I could do this.
To my husband and children for making my nonwriting life richer than I deserve.
Last of all, to readers: you are the reason I write.
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