The Dragon's Price (Transference #1)(83)

Bonny Anderson, thanks for being my critiquing go-to girl, and thanks for loving this story. Speaking of go-to girls, Kristin Wester, I wish you were still here. I finally switched back to fantasy. This book would have been your favorite of all of my books—I miss you!

I must mention my literary agent, the incredibly smart, professional, stalwart, knowledgeable Marlene Stringer. Remember those nearly three hundred rejections mentioned earlier? She was the yes that changed everything. I am here because of that one simple, yet not-so-simple yes. Thank you, Marlene, for giving me that tiny three-letter word that changed my life.

Emily Easton, it is a pleasure and an honor to be working with you again. I write the best story I can, and you open it up and show me how much better it can be. I wish I could reach across the United States and throw my arms around you and give you a great big hug.

That goes for everyone at Crown who has put thought and energy and creativity and time into this book: Samantha Gentry, Phoebe Yeh, and the entire team at Random House Children’s Books. Thank you!

Last of all, with deepest humility, I thank God, my Heavenly Father. Everything I have, he has given to me.