Rebecca Rowley and Lisa Pere are my wonderful critique partners. I'm grateful for all the Saturday meetings, the laughs, the caffeinated conversations, and the keen comments. Thanks also to the members of the Weekly Writers Workshop who saw some of the early chapters of Violet Wings and cheered for Zaria. And other dear friends--they know who they are-- actively urged me on and put up with my disappearing for weeklong stretches many times during the course of writing.
My husband Tim has been, as usual, full of smiles and love. Thanks, Tim! And my delightfully honest and perceptive
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children read the final draft and made important suggestions for improvement. I overflow with gratitude for you, Emrys and Rose!
My sisters Peggy and Bridget gave unstinting encouragement--one from the far-flung reaches of Florida, and the other from the coast of California; so did Sophie Hicks, my agent, from across the ocean in London.
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