ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I Am Not Thirteen exists thanks to the following people:
Bryony Sutherland, I Am Not Thirteen’s main developmental and copy editor. She helped make this book far more streamlined and cohesive, to say nothing of the many grammatical errors she found and fixed. I’m especially grateful for her help in closing plot holes and jettisoning subplots that went nowhere.
Leah Todd Brown, who edited an earlier version of this book. Her guidance steered me away from many plot-related dead ends and saved this book from remaining a file on my hard drive.
Ben, my mom, Grady Hendrix, and several writers on Scribophile, who each read and critiqued different scenes from this book. Their feedback was invaluable in pointing out obvious issues I’d overlooked.
My family and my partner’s fam
