I want to thank Laura Bradford for knowing how much I wanted this and going way above and beyond to help make it into a reality.
Thanks also goes to Leis Pederson, whose edits always make me a better writer.
To my husband, who makes my heart beat faster and brings me home Thai food just because — I love you!
And to all the people who have supported me with so many kindnesses — thank you. Thank you for buying my books, for talking about them, for the notes you send and for coming to see me at events. It means so very much!
And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also were buried in a vast grave full of unspeakable secrets. I felt an intolerable weight oppressing my breast, the smell of the damp earth, the unseen presence of victorious corruption, the darkness of an impenetrable night.
— JOSEPH CONRAD, HEART OF DARKNESS