I want to thank my wonderful beta readers who help me so much more than they realize: Grace Dickerson, Joe Dickerson, Faith Dickerson, Carol Moncado, Debbie Lynne Costello, Linore Burkard, Regina Carbulon, Caren Fullerton, Jamie Driggers, and Suzy Parish.
I also want to express my thanks to Sir Walter Scott for inventing the historical novel, and for writing Ivanhoe, which inspired the tournament scenes in The Captive Maiden.
And in case anyone doubts Dan Doty when he says the character of Friar Daniel was named after him, it is true.
Thanks to my family—Joe, Grace, and Faith — for being so supportive when I’m doing edits! I love you.
And thanks again to my readers, who keep me writing and motivated and striving to make my stories the best I can. Thank you so much for your encouraging notes! God bless you.
from The Princess Spy
I want to acknowledge Rachel Hiebert, a courageous sixteen-year-old battling leukemia, and Jess Doerksen, her sweet cousin and a reader of my books, for writing to me and keeping up with the Hagenheim residents. May God bless you both, and I hope you like Margaretha’s story!
My biggest cheerleader, Regina Carbulon, who always prays for my writing, with me, and for me.
Friends, beta readers, and critique partners Katie Clark, Carol Moncado, Carrie Pagels, for helping me fine tune the story, and my awesome daughters and helpful first readers, Grace and Faith Dickerson.
My wonderful editor, Jacque Alberta, who seems to have a supernatural sense of what needs to be extracted, tweaked, and added to make the story better.
And last but not least, Brittany Elsen, Sara Bierling, and Adriana Gwyn, who helped me get my German words and phrases correct. I am so grateful to you! And so grateful to everyone who helped with this story. Thank you so much!
About the Author
MELANIE DICKERSON is the author of The Healer’s Apprentice, a Christy Award finalist and winner of the National Reader’s Choice Award for Best First Book, as well as The Merchant’s Daughter—also a Christy Award finalist—and The Fairest Beauty, The Captive Maiden, and The Princess Spy. Melanie earned a bachelor’s degree in special education from the University of Alabama and has been a teacher and a missionary. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Huntsville, Alabama.
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