Cloudbound (46 page)
Authors: Fran Wilde
To Natalie, Bear, Celia, Jodi, Arkady, Alex, Ilana, Oz, Jim, Ann, Nanita, T, Amy, and Sylvie, for balance. To Jennifer, Wendy, Sara, Nancy, Dan, Jeff, Claudia, Jack, and Mike in Fells Point, for community. To Charlotte and Terry, Becky, and Mark; Shveta, Jack Hart; Aliette, Chris, Eric, Blair; Stacey, Dan, Juliette, and Lydia; and Melissa, Josh, and Noa, for friendship. To Susan, Beth, Raq, Nanita, and the rest of my family, for being here.
To my wonderful editor, Miriam Weinberg, and to Russ Galen, with thanks.
To Jason Tuell and Nicole Feldringer for nattering with me about clouds. To Dominick D'Aunno for the altitude discussions. All mistakes are my own doing.
To everyone at Tor who touched this book, including cover artist Tommy Arnold, creative director Irene Gallo, copy editor Ana Deboo, production editor Lauren Hougen, everyone in PR and marketing, including Alexis, Diana, and especially Patty and Ksenia, and to the folks who work the presses, too, for making these dreams real.
As always, to a place near Worton, Maryland, for teaching me how to fly.
And to you, reading this book: may the wind always take you where you want to go.
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FRAN WILDE
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FRAN WILDE
is an author and technology consultant. Her first novel,
Updraft,
was published in 2015. Her short stories have appeared in
Asimov's Science Fiction, Nature,
and
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
. Wilde also blogs about food and genre at
Cooking the Books
(
franwilde.wordpress.com/cooking-the-books
) and for the popular social-parenting website
GeekMom
. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. You can sign up for email updates
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
CLOUDBOUND
Copyright © 2016 by Fran Wilde
All rights reserved.
Edited by Miriam Weinberg
Cover art by Tommy Arnold
A Tor Book
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ISBN 978-0-7653-7785-2 (hardcover)
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First Edition: September 2016