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Authors: Rachelle Delaney
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to many souls. To my wonderful editors: Lynne Missen and Patricia Ocampo at HarperCollins Canada and Pamela Bobowicz at Grosset & Dunlap. To my agent, Marie Campbell, for believing in a ship of pirate children. To Alison Acheson, for feedback and encouragement throughout the first few drafts of the novel. To all who read thoughtfully and offered suggestions as the story changed course and shape, notably Louise Delaney, Sarah Dodd, and Allan Mott. To Tara MacDonald and her students at Greenview Elementary School, for dreaming themselves pirate. To Paul Colangelo, for cheering on the Lost Souls. To my family for unfailing support.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Photo by Shanna Baker
Rachelle Delaney lives in Vancouver, Canada, where she works as a writer, editor, and creative writing teacher. In 2010 she was named the top emerging writer in Canada by the Canadian Author's Association.
The Ship of Lost Souls
is her first novel.
