To my UK editor, Julia Wisdom, and everyone at HarperCollins UK, including but not limited to Lizz Burrell, Susanna Peden, and Maddy Marshall: it’s an honor to be working together again. I can’t wait to bring more books overseas.
To my film agent, Sylvie Rabineau, at WME: thank you for everything you do to bring my stories to the screen.
To my husband, Britt, my favorite person on the planet: I’m so in love with our life together. Thank you so much for building it with me.
To my family: this past year has thrown us some curveballs, huh? Even so, there’s nothing we can’t tackle when we tackle it together and I’m so grateful for the little unit we have. I’m proud of us all—but especially you, Mom. I’m in awe of you daily and I love you so much.
To Brian, Laura, Alvin, Lindsey, Matt, and the rest of my extended family: thank you, as always, for your love and support.
To the librarians, bloggers, reviewers, TikTokers, bookstagrammers, book clubs, booksellers (especially Tammy Watkins at The Village Bookseller, my former high school English teacher who hand sells my books to anyone she can find), and readers around the world: you are the entire reason I get to do this for a living. Thank you so much for reading my words and sharing my stories. Connecting with you all brings me so much joy.
To The Beatles, who wrote the lyrics that inspired both the character of Lucy and the first scene I wrote of this book (there are a few Easter eggs alluding to that, but I’ll give you a hint: chapter 48).
Finally, a heartfelt thank-you goes out to my friends. Old and new, near and far, you know who you are and I’d kill for you guys.