My Name's Not Friday (28 page)

Thanks to everyone at DFB – Simon Mason, Phil Earle, Anthony Hinton and Charlie Rashid – for taking such good care of me in my first year as an author.

In particular, thanks to my editors, Bella Pearson and David Fickling, who listened while I told them things about the book they already knew before showing me the things I didn’t know myself.

Thanks to Linda Sargent for your astute observations and invaluable suggestions and to Rosie Fickling for not putting the book down and then letting me run away with your notes. Thanks to Talya Baker for a great copy edit and to Andy Smith and Alison Gadsby for producing such a striking cover.

Thank you to Sallyanne Sweeney for all your early work on the text and for believing we should take the time needed to make this book as good as it could be.

Thanks as always to the Lovely Tuesdays for reading and telling me your thoughts – Catherine Smith, Philip Harrison, Same De Alwis, Roz De-Ath, Stuart Condie, Yvonne Hennessey and Judith Bruce.

Thanks to Tracey Fuller and Ali Bishop for your insight and generosity.

Thank you to all my family and friends, for your love and enthusiasm.

And of course, to Tanya, for just being you.

Close to the Wind