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## Acknowledgements

**Acknowledgments** at the end of **Into the Crooked Place**.

## **Full Version**

SO, HERE WE ARE, my second book! When did that happen? At least I didn’t kill a bunch of people in this one. They might all die in the next one though. But, hey, your favourite will still live! Probably. Maybe. Who knows?

As always, thank you to my agent Emmanuelle Morgen, who is the best gift I could have asked for. Knowing you’re in my corner is the greatest feeling and I am forever grateful to be on this journey with you. And Whitney, for always making sure my words spread across the world and reach as many readers as possible.

To all the folks at Macmillan/Feiwel &amp; Friends who helped make this book a reality and worked with me through drafts and redrafts, who shouted about it from the rooftops. Anna, Morgan and Teresa, you guys are rockstars. Kaitlin and Starr, thank you for your awesome CE notes! To my UK folks at Bonnier/Hot Key Books, who are an absolute dream team. Fliss and Tina, I don’t know how I got so lucky to have you guys, but your endless enthusiasm and cool event ideas and all the magic you sprinkle to make my books just that little extra … well, you’re the coolest. Imogen, Carla, Ellen and Roisin, thank you guys for all your hard work too! I’m ridiculously happy to have such a great squad.

To Kimberly and Sanaa for your wonderful notes. And to everyone else behind the scenes who worked tirelessly and are forever part of the CROOKED crew.

Patrick, thank you for bringing Creije to life with that map. IT IS EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE WANTED.

To all the friends I have made in the publishing world, new and old: I’m so lucky. You guys bring the laughs, the support and the endless wisdom. Sasha Alsberg, Brigid Kemmerer, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Melinda Salisbury, Isabel Davis, Rebecca Kuang and Jacob York (who was the best Elian in *To Kill a Kingdom* and continues to be awesome in all things).

Thank you to my book-nerd pals Jas and Siiri. You guys never stop believing in me and even if we go for centuries without texting, you’re there whenever I need you. I’m so lucky.

To Leanne and Becca for being the best friends a girl could ask for and teaching me that people really can finish each other’s sentences and read each other’s minds.

To my family, who are the best in the world. My parents, who raised me on so much love and laughter, who support me in all that I do, and who aren’t just parents, but friends too. You guys taught me how to believe in myself, never give up and have the strength to get through anything. And, if I don’t, you’ve got plenty of strength to lend me.

To my endless supply of aunts and uncles and cousins and second cousins and third cousins and everyone else I’m related to (wow, there’s a lot of us!). You’re always weird, sometimes wonderful, never more than a phone call away. I love you.

And to Nick, of course (because *psssst*, you’re the favourite. And also because this is the only way your name is getting in one of my books).

And to my readers, always. You guys keep me going in the dark times. Your incredible passion for books is awe-inspiring. Thank you for the fan art. Thank you for coming out to see me at events. Thank you for championing stories that would otherwise only exist in my mind. Thank you for believing in me, the worlds I’ve made, and those I’ve yet to create.