ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Here we are again. The end of another book. I’m always surprised to have made it this far. It might have taken you days, or weeks, or even months to read A Gathering of Shadows, but it took me years to write, edit, and see this book to publication. That duration renders this moment surreal. Even harder is remembering who to thank.
To my mother and father, for telling me I could be whatever I wanted, whether that was a designer, an interrogator, or a fantasy author.
To my editor, Miriam, for being a killer editor, a stalwart champion, and an ace GIF user. And for being a friend and companion on this particularly wondrous adventure.
To my agent, Holly, for proving time and again that you are magic.
To my former publicist, Leah, and my new publicist, Alexis, and to Patty Garcia, for keeping me afloat.
To art director Irene Gallo and cover designer Will Staehle, for making things look so fierce.
To my beta reader, Patricia, for sticking with me through thick and thin and strange and dark.
To my Nashville crew, especially Courtney and Carla, Ruta, Paige, Lauren, Sarah, Ashley, Sharon, David, and so, so many more, for being the warmest community in all the land.
To my wee Scottish flatmate, Rachel, for being an utter delight, and not making fun of me when I talked to myself or vanished for long stretches into the deadline pit.
To my new housemate, Jenna, because you have no idea what you’re in for.
To my readers, who are, without question, the best readers in the entire world (sorry everyone else’s readers).
To everyone else: So many of you have stood at my side, championed my work, cheered on good days and been present on bad, and taken this journey with me stride for stride. I can never thank you all, but please know that if you’re reading this, you matter. You’ve made an impact on my life and my series, and for that, I’m incredibly grateful.
(I also want to point out that I made it nine books without invoking the dreaded cliffhanger.)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victoria Schwab is the author of A Darker Shade of Magic, described as “a classic work of fantasy” by bestselling author Deborah Harkness. It was one of Waterstones’ Best Fantasy Books of 2015, The Guardian’s Best Science Fiction novels, a Telegraph choice for the Best Young Adult Books of 2015, and Book of the Week for We Love This Book.
She is also the author of Vicious, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2013, an Amazon Best Book of the Year (as well as Best Book of the month when it debuted in September), a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice 2013 Book Awards, and the ALA top pick for Fantasy for their 2014 reading list.
Titan Books will publish her next novel, This Savage Song, in June 2016.