Acknowledgments
So many women helped bring this book to life.
My mother, Katherine Miller, who relished nothing more than a righteous fight.
My childhood best friend, Erica Waldrop, the model for every delinquent with a heart of gold in my books.
Patricia Berne and Fitzallen Eldridge, who inspired and encouraged a weird little girl.
All the women of Barnard, but especially Joan Rivers.
Lilian Schein, whose kindness and generosity made it possible for me to stay in New York.
Susan Roy and Leeanne Leahy, the brilliant strategists who gave me my first jobs in advertising.
Suzanne Gluck, my firecracker agent, whose advice I’ve relied on for fifteen years.
Andrea Blatt at WME, who made this book so much better than it was.
Sanjana Seelam and MK Goss at WME, who acted as its tireless champions.
Rachel Kahan at William Morrow, who I knew was my editor the moment I met her.
Manpreet Grewal at HQ Fiction, whose enthusiasm is wonderfully infectious.
And the women at Made Up Stories, who are currently working some magic of their own.