I Lost My Mobile At the Mall (18 page)

Sincere thanks to all the wise and wonderful women at Random House for helping me to realise this book – the redoubtable Margie Seale, the ever enthusiastic Linsay Knight and of course the very clever and insightful Kimberley Bennett.

The coven at HLA – Carolina Walkington, Jean Mostyn and Kate Richter – have also been there at every turn with words of encouragement and administrative support.

My dearest friend Hilary Linstead has been a wonderful sounding board and brought her passion to this project – as she has done, unfailingly, to all my endeavours for some twenty years now. Thank you, dearest Hil.

Thanks too to my friend Meredith Jaffe and her clever daughters for casting their expert eye over my story in the early days.

As always, my dear husband Brendan has been my very own Winchester Headland. My rock.

And to my two dear little leg ropes, Marley and Maeve – I hope this book finds its way into your box of treasures.

Wendy Harmer began her career as a journalist and has had a hugely successful career in comedy – on stage, television and radio. She has written many scripts for television and theatre, and six books for adults. Her
Pearlie in the Park
books – a series for young readers – are bestsellers in Australia and have been published in ten countries around the world. The animated
Pearlie
is screening on TV in Australia from late 2009. Wendy lives in Sydney with her husband, Brendan, and their two children, Marley and Maeve.
I Lost My Mobile at the Mall
is Wendy's first novel for teens. She hopes it won't be her last!