Frozen: Heart of Dread, Book One (24 page)

Acknowledgments

Mike and Mel would like to thank the awesome TEAM FROZEN: our amazing, lovely and brilliant team of editor and publisher Jennifer Besser and Don Weisberg, for believing in the book from the beginning and putting their whole hearts into it. Our super-agent and partner-in-crime, Richard Abate, and Melissa Kahn at 3 Arts, for all the support. Everyone at Penguin Young Readers Group for their dedication and enthusiasm, but especially Marisa Russell, Elyse Marshall, Shauna Fay Rossano, Emily Romero, Shanta Newlin, Erin Dempsey, Scottie Bowditch, Felicia Frazier, Courtney Wood, Erin Gallagher, and Anna Jarzab. Theresa Evangelista for the beautiful cover. Lynn Goldberg and Megan Beatie from Goldberg McDuffie for spreading the news to the world. Our film and TV agents Sally Willcox, Michelle Weiner and Tiffany Ward at CAA for navigating the crazy world of Hollywood for us. Our wonderful friends in life and letters Margie Stohl, Alyson Noël, Aaron Hartzler, Ally Carter, Rachel Cohn, Pseudonymous Bosch, Deborah Harkness and James Dashner for being comrades-in-arms. To our extended family, especially our brother-in-law and beta reader Steve Green for loving our stories. To our number one girl: Mattie, one day you’ll be in the family business as well and we look forward to that day with so much love and excitement!

Lastly, to all of our readers who have followed our books from Blue Bloods to Wolf Pact to Witches of East End, thank you for letting Nat and Wes into your hearts. We hold you in ours.

Much love to all,

Mike and Mel