As always, I’m indebted to my family for their endless support of my writing career, despite the demands it puts on everyone. I would not be able to create without the love you give me, and I am so grateful to have all of you in my life.
So many thanks to my incredible agent, Tamar Rydzinski, who championed this novel from the first read and found it a worthy home! Thank you for everything you do! To the team at Context Literary Agency, as well as my foreign agencies, thank you for all the work you do behind the scenes getting my novels into readers’ hands around the world.
Team Del Rey and Del Rey UK, I will forever be grateful for the passion and enthusiasm you have for Freya and Bjorn, but a special thanks to my editor, Sarah Peed, who stayed up all night reading the manuscript and called the next morning with the best words an author on submission can hear. Working with you has been a delight every step of the way, and I’m looking forward to round two!
So many thanks to my amazing friend and assistant, Amy, who was the captain of #teamfreyorn from day one. My readers owe you a debt of gratitude for Bjorn’s BVD energy, because you encouraged me to level him up every step of the way. Freya thanks you, and so do I!
Elise Kova, you are both a friend and an inspiration, and my days would be darker without your messages and support. Melissa Frain, you are a gift from the gods—thank you so much for your help with early drafts! To the ladies of NOFFA, I feel fortunate to know all of you, and our conversations take so much of the stress out of this crazy job we all do.
As always, my biggest thanks go to my readers, especially those who have been with me for over a decade. It is because of you that I’ve been given so many incredible opportunities, and I hope you are as delighted in the reading of A Fate Inked in Blood as I was in the writing.