To Jennifer Dufton who first told me I could actually write
To Gillie Mackewan who was the first person to read the manuscript
To Clare Doran
To Liane Keegan
To Giles, Judith and Alice (who enjoyed it despite being 17 when she read it!)
To proof readers Gaby and Jackie
To my family who actually bought the book
To all those amazing writers past and present who gave me a love of books
Apologies to those whose fiction surpasses anything I could even aspire to...................