The Diviners (73 page)
Authors: Libba Bray
Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Fantasy & Magic, #Girls & Women, #Historical, #United States, #20th Century, #Love & Romance, #Science Fiction, #Juvenile Fiction / Historical - United States - 20th Century, #Juvenile Fiction / Girls - Women, #Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance, #Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic, #Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, #new
Historians Tony Robins and Joyce Gold took me on walking “history lesson” tours of Harlem and Chinatown/the Lower East Side, respectively; I can’t thank them enough for their time. Dr. Stephen Robertson, University of Sydney, author of
Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem Between the Wars
and the blog Digital Harlem, was kind enough to answer my questions about numbers-running following his lecture at Columbia University. And musician Bill Zeffiro was a font of 1920s musical knowledge.
I owe a debt of gratitude to my Beta readers, Holly Black, Barry Lyga, Robin Wasserman, Nova Ren Suma, and Tricia Ready, for their invaluable insights on early drafts. Much love and thanks to my writing pals who kept me company on parts of this journey, listened to my whining, answered questions, and let me spin out various plot scenarios without once swallowing a cyanide caplet: Holly Black, Coe Booth, Cassandra Clare, Gayle Forman, Maureen Johnson, Jo Knowles, Kara LaReau, Emily Lockhart, Josh Lewis, Barry Lyga, Dan Poblocki, Sara Ryan, Nova Ren Suma, and Robin Wasserman.
Thanks as always to my son, Josh, for his good-natured patience and gentle eye-rolling: “She gets like that on deadline.” You’re a good egg, kid.
Last but not least, a shout-out to the wonderful baristas at Red Horse Café in Brooklyn—Chris, Derrick, Bianca, Aaron, Jen, Julia, Seth, Brent, Carolina—who kept me supplied with enough coffee for it to qualify as a misdemeanor.
If there’s anyone I’ve missed, please accept my sincerest apologies. Next time you see me, scowl ferociously until I buy you an ice-cream sundae in restitution.
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MEMPHIS CAMPBELL, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY
THE MUSEUM OF THE CREEPY CRAWLIES
IT’S JUST THE BENNINGTON, DEAR
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
THE ONE WHO WORKS WITH BOTH HANDS
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2012 by Martha E. Bray
Photograph on title page and epigraph page courtesy of the Library of Congress
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“Manhattan”: written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart. Used by permission of Piedmont Music Company.
“Sitting on Top of the World”: written by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young. Used by permission of Alfred Music Publishing Company.
ISBN 978-0-316-21464-3