Next, to my editor extraordinaire, Michael Strother, and the entire Simon Pulse team, for taking a chance on me and turning this story into a true work of art.
To my mother, for helping me leave the nest before I knew what it meant to fly; I couldn’t have done any of this without you. To my father, for inspiring my love of books and adventure. And to my brother, for showing me what dedication truly looks like.
To Will Taylor, for helping me fine-tune both this book and my life. And being the sparkly unicorn to my . . . opposite of sparkly unicorn. At least in terms of writing.
To Interlochen Arts Academy, for giving me a boarding school experience worth writing about.
To Adam, for groggily listening to plot points on that aforementioned Norwegian train ride (and the rest of that trip).
To my Seattle writing team—Danielle Dreger, Kristin Halbrook, and Danny Marks—for keeping me on track. Or at least caffeinating me.
And finally, to you, my dear readers, for being a constant source of inspiration.