I also want to thank Linore and Debbie Lynne for being my accountability buddies, critique partners, and BFFs, and for knowing more about me than just about anybody else and not running away screaming! And Julie Lessman, who is my emotional twin, God love her. And Mary Connealy, who always knows the answer to my questions. It’s so good to have writer friends who can relate to the ups and downs and sheer craziness of trying to succeed and be a blessing in this business.
I want to thank my mother, Voneice Lee, for being such a great word-of-mouth publicist (and just because I can); my husband and children for supporting me, even though they have to sacrifice so much for me to do this “job”; all the members of ACFW who, over the years, have answered countless questions from me, including how a second-and third-degree burn looks a week, two weeks, and a month later; and Jordyn Redwood for helping me and other authors get their medical facts straight. I’m also thankful to all my medieval-writing friends who let me bounce ideas off them and keep my medieval facts straight. Thanks a million!
I want to say thank you to the sales team and the marketing team at Zondervan, especially Candice Frederick and Sara (Maher) Merritt for all their marketing and publicity efforts on behalf of The Healer’s Apprentice and The Merchant’s Daughter. Marketing is so different from writing, and I’d be sunk without you.
I want to thank the creative team at Zondervan and Mike Heath of Magnus Creative for the amazing work they’ve done on the covers of The Healer’s Apprentice and The Merchant’s Daughter, as well as the trailers. Covers are so important, and I am still stunned at how wonderful these are, how perfect for the stories, and how awesome from a design standpoint. As an author, I feel like I’ve won the cover lottery! Thank you so much!
I especially want to thank all the wonderful readers who let me know exactly what they thought about Wilhelm, Rose, Hildy, Rupert, and Hagenheim from The Healer’s Apprentice, and sent me encouraging messages through my website, www.melaniedickerson.com, and through Facebook. I love my readers, and I love hearing from you and interacting with you. God bless you all.
About the Author
Melanie Dickerson is the author of The Healer’s Apprentice, a Christy Award fi nalist and winner of the National Reader’s Choice Award for Best First Book. Melanie earned a bachelor’s degree in special education from the University of Alabama and has been a teacher and a missionary. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Huntsville, Alabama.
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