Dear Edward(95)

Whitney Frick loves this book as much as I do, and guided me through an editing process that turned out to be a joy. I am so glad to have her as my editor. Susan Kamil is brilliant, and I’m grateful to have had the chance to work with her. Thanks also to Clio Seraphim for her work on the novel. And I couldn’t be happier that the book is in the hands of Venetia Butterfield at Viking Penguin in the UK.

Brettne Bloom and Courtney Sullivan believe in me and my work no matter what, which is a huge gift, and I love them. Stacey Bosworth and Libby Fearnley fall in this same camp, and have my equal gratitude. I am lucky to have many fierce, awesome women in my life.

My parents have always supported me, and I am fortunate to be their daughter. No one has done more for me than Cathy and Jim Napolitano. My niece, Annie, asked me to thank her in my book, so: thanks, Annie! And Katie too.

I love working at One Story (subscribe to One Story!) because of the people. I am thankful for Maribeth Batcha, Lena Valencia, and Patrick Ryan. I was one of the hundreds of people who loved Adina Talve-Goodman. She should have written many books, and beamed from many book jackets, so I wanted to put her name here. I miss you, Adina.

Helen Ellis, Hannah Tinti, and I are a three-legged stool. We’ve been reading one another’s work since 1996, and it’s their voices I hear in my head when I revise. Everything would be different, and less, without them in my life.