Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude to Stephanie Kip Rostan, my dream (and real-life) agent. Thank you for always keeping the faith. I would not have wanted to go through this process with anyone else. Paper Names grew up in the wonderful home of Hanover Square Press. A million thank-yous to my editor, John Glynn, who was a true champion of this book. And to Eden Railsback and the rest of the team for all of the behind-the-scenes work I didn’t see but truly appreciate. To Jenna Gordon and the team at VERVE Books – thank you for bringing my novel over to Britain, a country I fell in love with while I studied abroad there in college. Warmest thanks to my publicist, Laura Gianino, whose creative pitches and earnest advocacy turned people’s heads toward this book. Thank you to my marketi

