The Pretty App (25 page)
Authors: Katie Sise
A big thank-you to the best team in publishing: Alessandra Balzer, Brenda Bowen, and Dan Mandel. I am so very lucky to work with all three of you.
Alessandra, your kindness, hilarity, dedication to your work, and all-around smarts continue to amaze me and push me to write a better book. I count my blessings to be one of your authors.
Brenda, your gentle spirit and your ability to plot, support, and encourage all in one phone call make novel writing even more fun. This book (and my writing career) would not be what they are without you.
Dan, you go above and beyond any definition of a literary agent, guiding me every step of the way with sound advice, compassion, and friendship. Your belief in me as a writer makes me want to live up to everything you think I can do. Thank you.
The team at HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray is unbeatable. They are also loads of fun. Thank you to Donna Bray for supporting this series and for sitting next to me at the holiday party when I was too pregnant to stand in my non-sensible footwear choice. Thank you to Susan Katz and Kate Jackson for cheering me on with such warmth and positivity. Thank you to Sara Sargent, Kelsey Murphy, Diane Naughton, Sandee Roston, Caroline Sun, Emilie Polster, Patty Rosati, Molly Motch, Andrea Pappenheimer, Kerry Moynagh, Kathy Faber, Jessica Abel, Deborah Murphy, Fran Olson, Heather Doss, Jenny Sheridan, Susan
Yeager, Alison Klapthor, Jenna Lisanti, Maya Packard, and Kathryn Silsand.
Thank you to all the librarians and booksellers who have welcomed me into their aisles since I was old enough to realize libraries and bookstores were the best places in the world.
Thank you to all the bloggers who supported
The Boyfriend App
and rallied to get to the word out.
Thank you to all of my teachers, especially Linda Harrison from Shaker High School, and Siiri Scott, Mark Pilkinton, and Shannon Doyne from the University of Notre Dame. Thank you to the junior high and high school teachers who encouraged my writing, namely Mr. Bedell, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Betro, Mrs. Kuthy, and Dr. Danaher.
Thank you to authors and friends who make this writing community an awesome place to be: Kieran Scott, Jen Calonita, Elizabeth Eulberg, Melissa Walker, Micol Ostow, Anna Carey, Alecia Whitaker, Kimberly Rae Miller, and Noelle Hancock.
Thank you to editors who have taught me so much: Jennifer Kasius at Perseus/Running Press and Lanie Davis and Sara Shandler at Alloy Entertainment.
Thank you to TV agents Tracy Weiss, Samantha Paladini, and Mark Turner. Thanks especially to Tracy for being the first reader on this book and setting me straight on reality television. Thank you to early readers Anna Carey, Wendy Levey, and Debra Devi for sound advice.
Thank you to Jason Scalia for answering all of my computer programming questions. I’d be lost without you.
Thank you to friends Erika Grevelding, Claire Noble, Caroline Moore, Jamie Greenberg, Maria Manger, Kate Brochu, Jen Singer, Yana Yelina, Megan Mazza, Jessica Bailey, Tricia DeFosse, Kim Hoggatt, Erin Murphy, J.J. Area, Justin Rancourt, Brinn Hamilton, Molly Cesarz, Jen O’Toole, Liz Auerbach, Stacy Craft, Carol Look, Maureen Sullivan, Cara Compani, Allison Yarrow, Corey Binns, Stacia Canon, Jenna Yankun, Dani Super, Poppy King, Nancy Conescu, Christa Bourg, Kate Gregory, and Tory Donohue.
Thank you to Katelyn Butch for all kinds of things—but especially for friendship and lots of patient, loving, positive energy. I will never be able to thank you enough for everything you did for me this year.
Thank you most of all to my family. To my sisters-in-law Christine Hawes and Ali Sise for being incredible friends and loyal cheerleaders. To the Great Roby Bhattacharrya for his kindness, and for going way beyond the duties of a brother-in-law. To Tait, Walker, and Josey Hawes for being all-around awesome guys. To my parents-in-law Ray and Carole Sweeney, for being the most open-minded and supportive people. Thank you to Bob and Linda Harrison and all of my extended family. Thank you to my aunt Posie and my aunt Joan for setting up book events and spreading the word about their first niece. Thank you to my uncle Bill for reading my books and being such a wonderful godfather—twice! Thank you to my brother, Jack, for being my pal and understanding me. Thank you to my sister and my best friend, Meghan, who means more to me than any
words at the back of a book could ever describe, or even a twenty-minute maid-of-honor speech.
Thank you to my parents. To my mom for loving and supporting me in every way imaginable. To my dad for reading every first draft I write and helping me to make each book better. Your involvement in my life continues to strengthen me as much (if not more) than when I was a teenager and living under your roof.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to my sons, Luke and William, and to my husband, Brian, for loving me. You three are my heart.
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KATIE SISE
is an author, jewelry designer, and television host.
Lucky
magazine has called her a “Designer to Watch,” and her company has appeared in most major fashion magazines, including
Vogue, W, Elle, Self
, and many more. Katie is also the author of
The Boyfriend App
and
Creative Girl: The Ultimate Guide for Turning Talent and Creativity into a Real Career
. You can visit her online at
www.katiesise.com
.
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