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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am deeply grateful to everyone who helped and inspired me in writing this book.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Jonathan Teicher, Mary Stanton, and Richard Marek. Without you I don’t think this book would have come together. I would still be lost in the wilderness.

Owen Laster of the William Morris Agency, who had the courage to take me on as his client and gave me the confidence to move ahead.

Michaela Hamilton, editor in chief of Kensington Publishing Corp, who gave me a quick course in the do’s and don’ts of writing. She made me realize that being an author is far more difficult than being a publisher.

Dorothy Tarallo, my assistant for many years. She retyped so much of this manuscript over and over again that she knows the story by heart.

Erena Topchieva, my piano teacher for the last ten years and the only piano teacher I ever had. She not only taught me the piano, but also her love of music. She helped me select the music in this book and encouraged me to keep going.

Emily Bestler, vice president, executive editorial director at Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, and my editor. She made me rethink many parts of this novel. I always believe a great editor is behind a great story. She personifies what is important in book publishing.

My entire staff at Kensington Publishing Corp. Your words of wisdom and encouragement were a great help.