The biggest, shiniest thank-you to my marvelous editor, Jenny Bak, who saw this book’s potential and pushed me to take it to its most epic heights. I appreciate your passion for and insight into these characters more than I can say—and I double appreciate your cute couple moniker: Henrika.
Thank you to my agent, Diana Fox, for believing in Rika’s adventures, and to artist Marcos Chin and designer Tony Sahara for bringing them to such glorious life—this cover makes me swoon. And thank you to everyone at Viking, Penguin Random House, and Fox Literary for bringing this book into the world.
Thank you to all the folks who drew me into the magic of Little Tokyo in the first place, especially Jenn Fujikawa, Keiko Agena, Jenny Yang, Naomi Hirahara, Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Scott and Geri Okamoto, Naomi Ko, Will Choi, Phil Yu, Sean Miura, Yumi Sakugawa, Julia Cho, and all the wonderful people involved in the many events I’ve been part of in the neighborhood.
Thank you to Diya Mishra and Liz Ho for the insightful early reads, to superstar Maurene Goo for important YA author counsel, and to Tom Wong for all the brainstorms.
And thank you to Jeff Chen for being my happily ever after—yes, I did name him after you.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Kuhn is the author of the popular Heroine Complex novels—a series starring Asian American superheroines. The first book is a Locus bestseller, an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Her YA debut, the Japan-set romantic comedy I Love You So Mochi, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. She has also penned a variety of short fiction and comics, including the critically acclaimed graphic novel Shadow of the Batgirl for DC Comics and the Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra. Additionally, she was a finalist for both the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. A third-generation Japanese American, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and an overflowing closet of vintage treasures. Find her at heroinecomplex.com
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