Thanks are due to all the good people at William Morrow for their support and enthusiasm, especially to Selina McLemore and my brilliant editor, Carrie Feron.
Thanks as well to Nancy Yost, best of agents and friend, for her good advice and infinite patience; to Laura Hartman Maestro for bringing the book and its setting to life with her map; and to Canon Bill Ritson for his hospitality and knowledge of Southwark.
To those who have read the manuscript – Steve Copling, Dale Denton, Jim Evans, Diane Sullivan Hale, Gigi Sherrell Norwood, and Viqui Litman – thanks for your dedication, suggestions (and our many dinners at La Madeleine), and to Kate Charles, Marcia Talley, and particularly Diane Hale for your creative input.
Jan Hull provided moral support, as always. My husband, Rick, kept all my IT systems up and running, and my daughter, Kayti, kept my life running smoothly while I wrote. I’m sure I couldn’t have done it without you all.