My Philadelphia writing group: Randy Ribay, Julie Leung, Lauren Saft, and Katherine Locke. Thank you for challenging me every step of the way while I fought with this story.
Good friends Blair Thornburgh, Preeti Chhibber, Swapna Lovin, Ashley Poston, Chris Urie, Mikey Ilagan, and Lauren Gibaldi for the constant pep talks. My P.S. Literary colleagues, whom I adore to pieces.
A huge thank you to McCormick Templeman, Melissa Albert, Heidi Schulz, Shveta Thakrar, Elizabeth Keenan, Laurel Amberdine, Alisa Hathaway, Rebecca Enzor, Brenna Ehrlich, Thomas Torre, Willa Smith, Natasha Razi, Leah Rhyne, Amber Hart, McKelle George, Jenny Kaczorowski, Nic Stone, Samira Ahmed, Kim Liggett, Sangu Mandanna, Hannah Siddiqui, Naseem Jamnia, Phillip Hilliker, and Bill Blume.
And to my amazing parents and my sister Lauren, thank you for giving me a story.
About the Author
Eric Smith is a young adult author and literary agent who grew up in the wilds of New Jersey. When he isn’t working on books (his and other people’s) he can be found writing about books for places like Book Riot and Paste Magazine. He lives with his wife, Nena, and their legion of small furry animals. Find him online at www.ericsmithrocks.com or on Twitter at @ericsmithrocks.