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  People who care. Who believe. Even when you don’t.

  This was not an easy book, in any sense. It fought back. It dragged me through mud and thistle. There were casualties. Hours. Drafts.

  But I had people.

  I had my mother, who reminded me to eat and breathe, and my father, who reminded me to swim until the world felt small enough again.

  I had my NYC housemates, Rachel and Jen, who knew when I needed noise and when I needed quiet (and when I needed to watch cartoons).

  I had Carla and Courtney, who hauled me to my feet and dusted me off and squared me on my path.

  I had my agent, Holly, who told me I would find a way, because I always did.

  I had my editors, Abby and Lisa, who believed in the books, and in me.

  And I had you.

  VICTORIA SCHWAB is the author of several novels, including The Near Witch—which Kirkus praised for its “shivery horror tang” and “extraordinary sense of place”—and The Archived, of which The Horn Book said “[Schwab] writes of death, sorrow, and family love with a light, intelligent touch and inventive vigor, and provides romance with a pleasing edge of unpredictability.” When she’s not wandering through foreign countries, Victoria can usually be found tucked in the corner of a coffee shop in Nashville, sipping tea and dreaming up monsters. Visit her at www.VictoriaSchwab.com