Prisoner of Night and Fog (41 page)

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Acknowledgments

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANKS TO MY AMAZING editor, Kristin Daly Rens, for her enthusiasm, careful reading, and guidance. Kristin, you asked all the right questions and helped me turn
Prisoner of Night and Fog
into the story I wanted it to be. Thank you.

I owe a big thanks to the rest of the Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins team, including Alessandra Balzer, Donna Bray, assistant editor Sara Sargent, designer Michelle Taormina for a beautiful cover, Emilie Polster and Stefanie Hoffman in marketing, and Caroline Sun in publicity. I’m especially grateful to copy editor Kathryn Silsand, who went above and beyond the call of duty.

Many thanks to everyone at Adams Literary, including Josh Adams for his ninja-like business savvy, and especially my agent, Tracey Adams. Tracey, I’ll always cherish my memory of meeting you at the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Conference (“Whew, Daniel is sexy!”). You believed in this book, and that has changed my life.

Thanks to my mom, Lynn Brostrom Blankman, for telling me I needed to write this story and for helping me whip an unwieldy 540-page manuscript into submission-ready shape. To my husband, Mike Cizenski, for his encouragement and computer expertise. I’ll never forget acting out Klaus Müller’s death with you. To my daughter, Kirsten, for disproving the myths about the terrible twos and happily taking naps so I could write. Thanks also to my dad, Peter Blankman, for taking me to the public library to show me the section on World War Two when I was twelve and devastated after reading Anne Frank’s diary. And to my brother, Paul Blankman, for reading my stories when we were kids and not making fun of them, although he must have been tempted. For the record, Paul is nothing like Reinhard.

I am grateful to Esther Benoit, PhD, LPC, for teaching me so much about abnormal psychology. I’d also like to acknowledge my coworkers at the York County (VA) Public Library System, especially Pat Riter, better known as the ILL goddess, who not only retrieved every item I requested but did so in record time.

Many thanks to the librarians, teachers, booksellers, and bloggers. And especially to the readers.

About the Author

ANNE BLANKMAN
lives in southeastern Virginia with her husband, Mike, her young daughter, Kirsten, and, of course, lots and lots of books. This is her debut novel. You can visit her online at www.anneblankman.com.

Copyright

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RISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG.
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