We dedicated each book in this series to our families, for more reasons than we can ever capture here. For your support, excitement, patience, and love, thank you to our parents and siblings, and to our extended families—the Cousins family, the Miskes, and Mr. Wolf. To Brendan, who has been in it with us both since the beginning—you are amazing.
And finally, we would like to say thank you to you. We would tell stories to each other even if no one else ever read them, but it increases the joy tenfold to know you have all shared Lilac, Tarver, Flynn, Jubilee, Gideon, and Sofia’s journey with us. Your letters and e-mails, artwork, music, and even recipes have surprised and amazed us! To the booksellers, librarians, reviewers, bloggers, and readers who have joined us on this journey, thank you! If you’d like to hear more about the books we have coming up next, or if you’re not quite ready to leave the Starbound books behind just yet, we hope you’ll sign up for our mailing list at www.thesebrokenstars.com—we want to stay in touch!
Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner are longtime friends and sometime flatmates who have traveled the world (but not yet the galaxy), covering every continent between them. They are sure outer space is only a matter of time. Meagan, who is also the author of the Skylark trilogy, currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Amie, who is the co-author of The Illuminae Files, lives in Melbourne, Australia. Although they currently live apart, they are united by their love of space opera, road trips, and second breakfasts. You can find them on Twitter @AmieKaufman and @MeaganSpooner.