The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2)(90)

Thank you to Katherine Tegen for your guidance and your support. Thank you to Mabel Hsu, who shepherded this book through the editorial process. Thank you to my incredible editor Beth Dunfey for your incredibly insightful notes and endless positivity. And to everyone at HarperCollins who took care of this book during every step of the process. (And there are a lot of steps.)

Thank you to my agent and partner in crime, Kate Schafer Testerman. She’s the best. No one else can have her. Back away. She is mine. Thank you to my assistant, Kate Welsh, and her glorious spreadsheets. Thank you to the Crime Lady, Sarah Weinman, for her support and for all the crimey stories.

Thank you to my friends, my wonderful friends. I am very lucky to have friends who are brilliant and share their deep knowledge of story and structure. Thank you to Cassie Clare, Holly Black, Sarah Rees Brennan, Kelly Link, and Robin Wasserman. I cannot overstate how much my life and craft are enriched by their wisdom. Thank you to my pal Dan Sinker, who insisted that I make something I love, and got me into podcasting with him. Not sure where I would be without that outlet. And to Jason Keeley, Paula Gross, Alexander Newman, John Green, Kirsten Rambo, Peggy Banaszek, Shannon Skalski, Alexis Fisher, Crista Kazmiroski, and Julie Polk, for everything, generally, all the time. And so many others. You are all great. (Except for you, Keeley. You’re okay.)

Thank you to my parents for all their love and bottomless support.

Thank you to my beautiful girl Zelda. She is my stinky angel and entirely perfect, even when she is barking for three hours straight when I am writing. Someone has to guard the house from marauders.

I got married in the middle of writing this book! So thank you to my amazing English family, who have taken me on as the newest member. It is wonderful to have in-laws and a new brother and sister and two amazing nephews. It is unclear what I bring to the table here, but I thank you for having me.

Thank you to my husband, who shall remain nameless. We will call him Truly Lovely. (Gross! So gross! Lolololol so gross.) (But he is. Lovely, I mean.) (Lololol gross.)

And thank you. I mean YOU. Thank you for reading this book. YOU are the reason for the book!