A Pocketful of Eyes (22 page)

Acknowledgements

FIRST AND FOREMOST
I must thank the people at Allen & Unwin – in particular Jodie Webster and Hilary Reynolds – for being so utterly delightful to work with, and for making such wonderful books with my name on the front.

Of course the whole book would be a confusing jumble of contradictions if it weren’t for the storylining genius of Sarah Dollard, who is the best critic and friend a girl could wish for. As always, Justine Larbalestier also provided generous, useful and invaluable feedback.

Thanks also to Colleen Boyle for giving me a behind-the-scenes tour of the Melbourne Museum and telling me lots of disgusting stories; to Liz Hills and Chris Miles for help with D&D stuff, my dad for telling me about the snails in Patricia Highsmith’s bosom, and Jess West for letting me borrow her Celestial Badger.

Mary Roach’s stomach-turningly-wonderful
Stiff
taught me a lot of creepy things about death and decay that made their way into this story – it’s a highly recommended read.

And, finally, to my oldest friend, Anna Grace Hopkins – thanks for sticking around.

About the author

LILI WILKINSON WAS BORN IN
Melbourne, Australia, in the front room where her parents still live. She was first published when she was twelve, in
Voiceworks
magazine. After studying Creative Arts at Melbourne University, Lili worked on
insideadog.com.au
, the Inky Awards and the Inkys Creative Reading Prize at the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria. She now spends most of her time reading and writing books for teenagers. She’s won awards for the writing part, but not the reading, unless you count the stopwatch she won once in the MS Readathon.

Lili’s other books include:

Pink

Angel Fish

The (Not Quite) Perfect Boyfriend

Scatterheart

Joan of Arc