To Alison Weiss, who believed in me before this book even existed and played such a huge part in making it what it is today. You’re an extraordinary editor, a wonderful friend, and I can’t thank you enough for how hard you fought for and worked on Spark.
To Nicole Frail, who jumped on board the Spark train unexpectedly and has done such a fabulous job since. Thank you. I’ll always treasure your amazing reaction to reading this for the first time.
To Kate Gartner and Mélanie Delon, for the incredible cover art and design. To Johanna Dickson, Emily Wood, and the rest of the wonderful folk at Sky Pony for all the work you’ve put into making Esmae’s story shine.
Mum and Dad, thank you for the books, the history, and an awesome childhood. Thank you for the love you’ve given this book (that goes double for you, Dad). I also want to say a thank-you to Gramps, who is long gone but without whom my love for the Mahabharata wouldn’t be what it is. Thank you for the stories.
To Emma Pass, Natasha Ngan, Kendra Leighton, and Kristina Perez for all the incredibly helpful feedback you gave me on early drafts of this. To my sensitivity readers (you know who you are) for all your help and support. To Samira and Kati for all the laughs and love. To Team Rocks in all its waterfall glory. And an extra shoutout to Julia, Erica, Alan, Dave, Mike, Lizzie, and Anna for your notes (I owe the elevators to you, Alan!).
Social media can be a pretty difficult place to be sometimes, but I’ll always be grateful for the friends I’ve made in the writing community. It’s simply not true that authors are islands.
To all the wonderful readers who have loved and written to me about The Lost Girl over the years, to the readers who have want more brown girls in fantasy, to the readers who have been waiting—I’m so glad I can finally give you this book.
And finally, Henry and Juno. Like Jem, you both inspire me every single day. I love you more than you love Frozen.
Sangu Mandanna, A Spark of White Fire
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