Haunted (25 page)

Once again, it took a village—possibly two or three.

To Jen Rofe, for absolutely everything, but especially your cowgirl wisdom. Yeehaw!

To Dan “Mr. Tiger Beat” Ehrenhaft, for knowing I could do it and making sure I had the opportunity to prove it.

To the Sourcebooks team, especially Paul, who masterminded the
Dreaming Anastasia
blog tour that ate the world; Kelly, who leaped to my editorial rescue, and with whom I had many lively debates about the best Chicago pizza and hot dogs; Kristin and Matt for lively copyedit commentary—I have no earthly idea what I would do without you. I see many cupcakes in your future.

To Cathleen Elliott for hitting another fabulous cover out of the ball park! Your artistic vision inspires and awes.

To my dearest tribe of friends, colleagues, physicians, writers, editors, and assorted wandering minstrels who stuck by me when the trenches got a little, um, trenchier—I thank you with every molecule.

And to Rick and Jake—what can I say? Guess you’re stuck with me.

Joy Preble
grew up in Chicago and moved to Texas where she learned to use the phrase “y’all” without any hint of irony and developed a passion for country music and barbecue. Joy has an English degree from Northwestern University, teaches high school students when she’s not busy writing, and is married to the guy she met her first week in college when she mistakenly served a volleyball into his stomach rather than over the net.
Haunted
, the sequel to
Dreaming Anastasia
, is her second novel. Visit her at www.joypreble.com.