Cecilia de la Campa, my foreign-rights agent, for shouting about
Kassie Evashevski, my film agent at UTA—for your talent, shrewd business sense, and genuine respect for authors and their books. There is no one better. Period.
My foreign publishers—for taking a chance on this book.
Margaret Stohl, my friend and
Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, Carrie Ryan, Rachel Caine, Kimberly Derting, Margaret Stohl, and Cat Conrad—for listening to the first incarnation of
Holly Black and Carrie Ryan—for reading countless drafts and giving me round after round of revision notes.
Yvette Vasquez, Margaret Stohl, Melissa Marr, Rachel Caine, Tahereh Mafi, Richard Kadrey, James Scott Bell, Erin Gross, Shelby Howell, Jana Morgan, Nicole D’Amore—for reading and/or giving me notes. Most of all, for giving me courage.
Ransom Riggs, Rachel Caine, Ally Condie, Richelle Mead, and Nancy Holder—for writing amazing quotes that still make me blush.
Chris Berens—for painting
Vania Stoyanova—for making me look great… and then making me straps.
Eric Harbert and Nick Montano, attorney and brand manager to the stars (and me)—for being two seriously stand-up (and badass) guys. I’m glad to have you in my corner.
Alan Weinberger—for making sure my knees hold up so I can go on tour.
Ekatarina Oloy—for taking my sketches and drawing a beautiful diagram of the Shift.
Del Howison (aka Dark Del)—for finding the Grand Pentacle when no one else could.
Viviane Hebel—for creating beautiful jewelry based on the book.
Michele Belanger—for knowing the facts about Anarel and sharing them with me.
Readers, librarians, teachers, booksellers, bloggers, and everyone who supported the Beautiful Creatures novels—for being the ultimate Legion and the reason I write. I hope you love
Mom, Dad, Celeste, John, Derek, Hannah, Alex, Hans, Sara, and Erin—for cheering me on in everything I do, no matter how crazy it seems. I’m the person I am because of you all.
Alex, Nick, and Stella—for believing I can do anything, even when I don’t believe it myself. Without you, none of this matters. I love you.
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“Red Run”: A Short Story
BY KAMI GARCIA AND MARGARET STOHL
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UNBREAKABLE
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