Return to the Dark House (31 page)

I
WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK MY EDITOR
, Tracey Keevan, for her invaluable feedback and continuous enthusiasm for my work.
I’m so grateful for her keen insight and enviable superpower of knowing just the right questions to ask. This book is so much stronger because of her.

A million thanks to my amazingly talented agent, Kathryn Green, for her literary guidance and advice, and for her willingness to discuss reality TV with me. Eleven books together later,
I’m enormously grateful for all she does.

Special thanks to Scott Olson, my psychological guru, for answering all of my questions pertaining to mental health and therapy. Any related errors found within this novel are mine and mine
alone.

Thanks to friends and family members who are a constant source of support, who give me the time to write, offer to read drafts of my work, and who don’t mind if the house gets messy or if
I declare take-out night for dinner because I’m too busy working.

And lastly, a very special thank-you goes to my readers, who continue to support my work and cheer me on from near and afar. Thank you for reading my books, entering my contests, attending my
workshops, sending me letters and artwork, coming to my events, and making book-inspired videos. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, and again, and again: I’m eternally
grateful. You guys are the absolute best.

LAURIE FARIA STOLARZ
is the author of
Welcome to the Dark House
and the Touch series, as well as
Project 17
;
Bleed
; and the highly popular
Blue Is for Nightmares
;
White Is for Magic
;
Silver Is for Secrets
;
Red Is for Remembrance
; and
Black Is for Beginnings
. Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Stolarz attended Merrimack College and received an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College in Boston. For more information, please visit
www.LaurieStolarz.com
.