Other People’s Diaries (36 page)

Our thanks go to everyone at Pan Macmillan, the best publishers we could have asked for. To the wonderful Cate Paterson for believing in this book from the very beginning. Thanks also to Brianne Tunnicliffe and Jane Novak.

Enormous thanks also must go to everyone else at Pan Macmillan for working so hard to get our last book,
Inheriting Jack
, into the hands of so many booksellers and readers.

We'd also like to thank the passionate people who sell books and the readers who loved
Inheriting Jack
and told others about it. Quite simply,
Other People's Diaries
would not exist without you.

Thanks also to our fantastic agent, Margaret Connolly, for her continued enthusiasm, support and guidance.

We would like to thank Anne Metcalfe and Jane Sexton for their thoughts and advice on our manuscript. Thanks also to Mum and Dad for their tireless review of the final draft and for their many stints of babysitting to allow us to write. Thanks to Dr Nicole Fogarty for her expert medical advice and Mary McGrath for giving us a glimpse into the world of teenagers (although any errors that may exist in these areas are certainly ours). Thanks also to David Fitzsimmons, for using small words to patiently answer our questions about websites, blogs and computers.

As always, our thanks go to Stephen and Neil for their love and support.

And finally, thanks to Julia Stiles, whose masterful editing is beyond compare.

Kris Webb and Kathy Wilson are sisters who co-authored
Sacking the Stork
and
Inheriting Jack
. Writing now under the name Kathy Webb, they collaborate from opposite sides of the world, with Kathy living in Brisbane and Kris in Abu Dhabi.

Author photograph: Stephen Henry