FALLEN
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright (c) 2010 by Tinderbox Books, LLC and Lauren Kate
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FOR ELIZABETH, IRDY, ANNE, AND VIC. I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, inexpressible thanks to my readers for all the effusive and generous support. Because of you, I may just have to keep writing forever. To Wendy Loggia, whose belief in this series was a great gift, and who knows just how to make it more like what it always wanted to be. To Beverly Horowitz for the sharpest pep talk I've ever received, and the dessert you stuffed into my purse. To Krista Vitola, whose good-news emails have made so many of my days. To Angela Carlino and the design team, for the jacket that could launch a thousand ships. To my traveling partner Noreen Marchisi, Roshan Nozari, and the rest of the tremendous marketing team at Random House. Y are magicians. To Michael ou Stearns and Ted Malawer, tireless geniuses. Y wit and our encouragement make you almost too much fun to work with. To my friends, who keep me sane and inspired. To my family in Texas, Arkansas, Baltimore, and Florida for so much exuberance and love. And to Jason, for every single day.
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