The McKnight Foundation, for making things easy for a little while.
The children’s literature community of Minnesota. Seriously. We could populate several small towns.
Elise Howard, who is a lovely genius and a better editor than I deserve; who insisted that I write this book sooner rather than later; and who is right about all things.
Steven Malk—man of mystery. One of my favorite humans. Literary agents have super powers—I am completely convinced of this. I’m so lucky to have his eyes and ears and brain and relentless enthusiasm pushing my work ever forward.