Stars So Sweet (19 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

W
RITING GLADYS GATSBY'S STORY HAS
been an incredibly sweet undertaking for me, and once again I'm happy to acknowledge the many people who made this series possible.

Huge thanks to my editor, Shauna Rossano, for her endless enthusiasm for Gladys's continuing adventures. Striving to write to her high standards has made these books immeasurably better. Kelly Murphy has once again elevated Gladys's story with her beautiful cover art. Thank you also to Susan Kochan, Katherine Perkins, Amanda Mustafic, and the entire team at Penguin Young Readers for everything you do to get these books out into the world and into the hands of kids and kids at heart. And thank you to
my agent, Ammi-Joan Paquette, who has believed in Gladys since day one.

Jessica Lawson, Rebecca Behrens, and Lauren Sabel—I'm so grateful for your speedy beta reads and generous feedback on early drafts of this book.
Stars So Sweet
will be in exalted company on the shelves beside your 2016 novels! And thank you to the Paul sisters for your feedback and encouragement at crucial moments.

I'm indebted to the many friends on Facebook and Twitter (and the couple I randomly accosted at a coffee shop in Denver) who gamely quizzed their kids and reached back to their own childhoods to respond to my crowdsourcing queries about middle-school life.

I wrote and revised much of this book as I traveled and held events to promote
The Stars of Summer,
and I could not have managed that schedule without a lot of help from family and friends. Andy Cahill, Barbara and Fred Dairman, Judy Gruber, Brooke Dairman and Aaron Hollon, Heidi and Matt Cahill, and Katie Wade, thank you for the cooking, chauffeuring, guest beds, your (sometimes forcible) recruiting of event attendees . . . and most importantly, your love and support.

Finally, to the readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and book club leaders who have championed the All Four Stars series, thank you for accepting Gladys and her friends into your hearts.

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