ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

IT ISN’T EASY TO THANK every single person who had a hand in helping with the creation and support of one book, let alone three. This trilogy has been five years in the making, and there are more people who have helped me make it than I could possibly name. Also, I probably thanked a lot of them in previous books, so I’m going to keep this one short and semi-sweet.

Thanks are first due to my editor, Christian Trimmer—I feel so lucky to have your brilliant mind on my side, and Mara’s. And to everyone at Simon & Schuster who made this book happen, schedule be damned, I can’t thank you enough.

To my agent, Barry Goldblatt—you helped me choose right when I was tempted to choose wrong. This book is so much better for it, and I am so much happier for it.

My forever-thanks to my family, for their patience with/tolerance of me while this book took shape. It wasn’t easy, I know, but I am so grateful.

There are two people I could not have written this book without, and I know this because I tried. Several times. Without you, Lev, this book would not feel right or true. Because of you, it is both. And without you, Kat, I would still be writing it. Forever. Both of you saved me, again and again. I can’t ever repay you.

And finally, thanks to those who inspired elements of this story. I tried to do you justice. You deserve it.

Michelle Hodkin grew up in Florida, went to college in New York, and studied law in Michigan. She is the author of the Mara Dyer Trilogy, which includes the unbecoming of mara dyer, the evolution of mara dyer, and the retribution of mara dyer. You can visit her online at michellehodkin.com.

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Date: 2015-01-29; view: 584