The Book of Life

Acknowledgments

My heartfelt thanks . . .

. . . . to my gentle readers for their feedback: Fran, Jill, Karen, Lisa, and Olive.

. . . . to Wolf Gruner, Steve Kay, Jake Soll, and Susanna Wang, all of whom were generous with their expertise and kind with their criticisms.

. . . . to Hedgebrook, for their radical (and much needed) hospitality when I needed it most.

. . . . to Sam Stoloff and Rich Green, for championing the All Souls trilogy from beginning to end.

. . . . to Carole DeSanti and the rest of the All Souls team at Viking and Penguin for supporting this book, and the previous two, during every step of the publication process.

. . . . to the foreign publishers who brought the story of Diana and Matthew to readers around the world.

. . . . to Lisa Halttunen for editing and preparing the manuscript for the publisher.

. . . . to my assistants, Jill Hough and Emma Divine, for making my life possible.

. . . . to my friends for their steadfastness.

. . . . to my family for making life worth living: my parents, Olive and Jack, Karen, John, Lexie, Jake, Lisa, Stacey, Josh, and Gabe.

. . . . to my readers for letting the Bishops and de Clermonts into your hearts and lives.