Lady Renegades (21 page)

Acknowledgments

I
STARTED THE
Rebel Belle series in October of 2008, so I've been living with these books for a long time now. And that, of course, means the people in my
life
have been living with
me
living with these books for a long time! So first and foremost, I have to thank John and Will for putting up with me as I wrestled with another trilogy, as I muttered about Paladins and Oracles and acted out fight scenes in the living room. My books can be filled with angst and drama and craziness because my life is full of the happiness and calm you guys provide me, and I'm so thankful for that.

Thanks, too, to “The Mama,” for supporting your weird, scribbling kid and having an Azalea Trail Girl dress made for me even if I never
did
get to wear it.

I write books about Ladies Getting It Done, and I'm lucky enough to have a life full of such amazing ladies. Chantel Acevedo, Ash Parsons, Julia Brown, Victoria Schwab, my sweet “C-Lo,” y'all are always there with e-mails or texts or lunches out (and drinks, let's be real), and I love you all bunches.

Thank you, too, to everyone at Penguin/Putnam for all you've done for me and these books. Jen Besser, Mia Garcia, Anna Jarzab, Rachel Lodi, Elyse Marshall, and Tara Shanahan, y'all are an amazing group of women to work with, and I am so appreciative! Tiaras for ALL!

I shudder to think what my books would look like without the fierce and guiding hand of Ari Lewin. I feel so lucky to have gotten to make an
entire trilogy with you, and am so proud of our “book babies.” And thanks, too, to Katherine Perkins for your smart, insightful notes and your dedication to making these books the best they can be!

I've been fortunate enough to get to work with Holly Root on every book I've ever published, and still think that getting her as my agent was my luckiest break.

For all of you who have stuck with me and Harper through all three books, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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