Notes on an Execution(88)

I am forever indebted to Michelle Brower, who gave me a career as a literary agent—a job I didn’t know I needed, which has enriched my world so fully. Thank you to my colleagues at Aevitas Creative Management, and to my clients for trusting me with their words.

Thank you to my inimitable writing group here in Seattle: Kim Fu, Danielle Mohlman, and Lucy Tan, thank you for listening over coffee all these years. Thank you to Caitlin Flynn, for her steady friendship and passion for all things crime. Thank you to Mary Rourke and Janet Charbonnier, for providing an outlet and a source of comfort at Acorn Street Shop (also, lots of yarn). Thank you to Dominick Scavelli and Janelle Chandler for their help behind the scenes.

I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the crowd of friends that lifted me up along this particular winding path: Jenessa Abrams, Carla Bruce-Eddings, Al Guillen, Maggie Honig, Abi Inman, Zack Knoll, Ida Knox, Ellen Kobori, Danielle Lazarin, Emily McDermott, Kaitlyn Lundeby Miller, Karthika Raja, and many more. You know who you are.

I would not be here without my beloved family. Thank you to Arielle Kukafka, David Kukafka, Laurel Kukafka, and Joshua Kukafka. Thank you to Avi Rocklin, Talia Zalesne, and Zach Zalesne. Thank you to Shannon Duffy, Pete Weiland, and Maddy Weiland. Lisa Kaye, Aiden Kaye, and the whole extended crew. I love you all so much.

Thank you to Tory Kamen, because of course. To Hannah Neff, my oldest and always. To Remy-Bear, smallest of pups, sweetest of baby boys, source of constant and unbridled joy. Thank you to Liam Weiland, my love, for this astonishing life.





About the Author


DANYA KUKAFKA is the internationally bestselling author of Girl in Snow. She is a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She works as a literary agent.

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