The Marble Collector

by Cecelia Ahern

  Thank you Killian Schurman, glass artist and sculptor, who spent many hours showing me the process of marble making. Anything incorrect in the marble making scene is entirely my doing. Thanks Orla de Brí for connecting us and for inspiring me through your own work. Thank you to Lundberg Studios for sharing your expertise, and inspiring ‘Marlow’s’ universe marble. Two books in particular were constantly in use; Marbles Identification and Price Guide by Robert Block, and Collecting Marbles; A Beginners Guide by Richard Maxwell. Thanks to Dylan Bradshaw for answering my odd questions about the silent hairdryer that I’m sorry never made it to the final edit!

  As ever, all my love to David, Robin and Sonny. Mimmie, Dad, Georgina, Nicky and the gang. Fairy godmother Sarah Kelly, Marianne Gunn O’Connor, Vicki Satlow and Pat Lynch.

  Thank you Lynne Drew and Martha Ashby for the epic edit. The ever joyful Louise Swannell, Kate Elton, Charlie Redmayne and all of the HarperCollins team and Kate Bowe and Sarah Dee from Kate Bowe PR in Ireland. Thanks to the booksellers, big and small, independent and chain, physical and electronic. And most important of all, thank you readers.

  About the Author

  Cecelia Ahern was born and grew up in Dublin. She is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold over twenty-four million copies of her novels worldwide. Two of her books have been adapted as films and she has created several TV series. She and her books have won numerous awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You.

  For more information on Cecelia, her writing, books and events, follow her on Twitter @Cecelia_Ahern, join her on Facebook www.facebook.com/CeceliaAhernofficial and visit her website www.cecelia-ahern.com, where she would love to hear from you.

  Also by Cecelia Ahern

  P.S. I Love You

  Where Rainbows End (also known as Love, Rosie)

  If You Could See Me Now

  A Place Called Here

  Thanks for the Memories

  The Gift

  The Book of Tomorrow

  The Time of My Life

  One Hundred Names

  How To Fall In Love

  The Year I Met You

  Short Stories

  The Girl in the Mirror

  About the Publisher

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  Canada

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  United Kingdom

  HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

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  United States

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