Lost Girls

I am very much in debt to readers of earlier drafts: Andrew Hilton, Jennifer Warren, John Metcalf, Sean Kane, and first and last, Leah McLaren. Also, to the editorial intelligence of my agent, Anne McDermid, who provided helpful focus along the way.

For the editors who have worked on this book, much thanks to Jacob Hoye, Mari Evans, and particularly to Iris Tupholme and Karen Hanson here at home.

And finally to Leah McLaren, for a whole lot of patience and various life-saving moments.

Toronto

February 1999

about The author

Andrew Pyper received an undergraduate and master's degree in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, as well as a law degree from the University of Toronto. Lost Girls is his first novel. He lives in Toronto.