SO MANY PEOPLE HELPED TO GET REBOOT INTO READERS' HANDS, and I am forever grateful
to all of you. Thank you to:
My agent, Emmanuelle Morgen, who had incredible faith in Reboot and worked so hard to make sure
Wren and Callum found a good publishing home. And thank you to Alison, Ellen, Judy, and Sarah at
Stonesong for your enthusiasm and support!
My editor, Kari Sutherland, for your editorial insight and amazing attention to detail. This book truly
became so much better in your hands. And thank you to Farrin Jacobs, Alice Jerman, and the whole team
at Harper for taking such good care of me and Reboot.
Lucy Stille and Lane Shefter-Bishop, for the amazing work you did with the book's film rights, and
everyone at Paradigm, from my mailroom buddies to the chairman, who reached out to celebrate with me.
And thank you, Lindsey and Peggy, for providing me with happy days at work so I was refreshed and
ready to write this story at night.
To all the other writers who took this journey with me: the Lucky 13s, for answering all my questions
(even the dumb ones) and being so wonderfully supportive. Natalie, Kim, Michelle, Amy, Ruth, Corinne,
L.J., Deborah, Gemma, Lori, and Stephanie—thank you for sharing your stories with me and listening to
mine.
John T., Sara, and Sean, for offering to read and crit not just Reboot but the last book; Vong and
Hannah R., for your feedback on the first part of the manuscript; and Hannah P., for being Reboot's first
fan and pointing out that I was using the wrong "its" (you were right). All my friends who read my work,
celebrated with me, and didn't get mad when I wouldn't hang out on Sundays—Michelle and Josh, Sara
and Sean, Mely and JP—thank you for putting up with my weirdness!
My family, for always encouraging my writing, even when I was scribbling out novels by hand. Thank
you to my mom and dad, for sharing your love of reading with me and allowing me to chase my dreams.
Mike, thank you for your unfailing optimism and enthusiasm, and for never getting mad when I ignored
you to spend time with imaginary people.
And my sister, Laura, the first person to tell me she loved Reboot and the only person to have read
every single bad book that came before it. Thank you for being my first and best crit partner