The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy, #1)(66)

“Best to play it safe,” she said, trying to stifle a grin and failing miserably. Scooting back a chair, she sat at the table and asked, “I was wondering, though, about Prit. You hated Folding, so why did you choose to bond paper?”

“For the same reason you did,” he said, leaning back in his chair. “I didn’t. And it turned out well, in the end. You see, Ceony, we’re more alike than you may think.”

“Yes,” she said, her grin spreading with full force. “Yes, I believe we are.”





ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THERE ARE SO MANY people worth thanking for the fruition of this book. First and foremost is my husband, Jordan, who read the roughest of rough drafts and who bears many a literary bruise from all the ideas I’ve bounced off him.

Another huge thanks for all my alpha and beta readers—Jessica, Laura, Hayley, Lindsey, Whit, Andrew, and especially Juliana, whose belief in me and my stories became a battery for my writing.

A big thanks to my family as well, and very much to my baby sister, Alex, who talks me up to all her friends.

Thank you to Lauren for reading countless query drafts and helping me solve plot problems.

Thank you to Brandon Sanderson, the best writing teacher any aspiring author could have, and to my old writing group for molding me into someone who could put together a decent sentence. You know who you are.

And of course, thank you to Marlene and David for giving me a chance, and the 47North team for making this book, and this dream, possible.

Finally, here’s a shout-out to the Big Man upstairs, because any shred of talent found in these pages most certainly came from Him.