Dark and Shallow Lies(95)

I owe a huge debt to my critique partners turned best friends and brunch buddies – Tiffany Thomason, Brenda Maier, Catren Lamb, and Valerie Lawson – who have read this book so many times they can quote it by heart now. You are amazing and I love you! Thanks also to the entire Margarita Night gang who have kept me going with the promise of good food, good conversation, and lots of laughter every Wednesday evening; to all the members of SCBWI Oklahoma; and to the other authors in my incredible debut group, The 21ders. I couldn’t wish for more supportive communities to be a part of. Thanks also to everyone at the Philbrook Museum of Art, the most beautiful place in Oklahoma and the best place ever to work!

Last, I want to send all my love to the STAGES theatre kids who taught me so much over the years about friendship, passion, loyalty, bravery, and found family. I was working on revisions for this book when we lost our beloved Caitie very suddenly and much too soon, and so much of that grief and loss made its way on to these pages. I know she would have had to read this story with all the lights on, but I also know she would have loved it anyway . . . because she loved me. I’m so grateful to Caitlin’s grandmother, whom she called Honey, for dragging a crying seven-year-old into my theatre twenty-four summers ago and changing our lives forever.

In closing, I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank my college boyfriend, Garrick, who first introduced me to the bayous of south Louisiana all those years ago. He probably won’t ever read this, but if he does, I’d like him to know that my alligator obsession endures.



Look out for the next thrilling novel by Ginny Myers Sain, coming in 2022 . . .



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