The Scent of Rain (35 page)
8. Daphne comes to love Ohio and the people in it, and Paris and her dream job become less attractive. What's your favorite place and why?
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t's no small task to create a book, and yet the author gets most of the credit. I'd like to thank the real heroes. My editors Ami McConnell and L.B. Norton, who always go beyond the call of duty to piece things together into a working novel. I'm also grateful to Krista Stroever for her editing expertise in helping me to get unstuck at the beginning of this process. To Becky Monds for helping in the final stages and doing more of the background work. And finally, to marketing's Eric Mullet and Ashley Schneider, thank you for believing in this project and working so hard on the novel's launch.
Thank you to my friendship team, who listens to me whine when I get to the middle of each and every novel: Colleen Coble, Diann Hunt, Denise Hunter, and Nancy Toback. You girls are the best and I love you!
Author photo by Michael Hawk Photography
C
hristy Award finalist and two-time winner of the ACFW Book of the Year award, Kristin Billerbeck has appeared on
The Today Show
and has been featured in the
New York Times
. Her books include
A Billion Reasons Why
and
What a Girl Wants
. She lives with her family in Northern California.