Precious Bones (36 page)

My friends and family have touched my life and left indelible fingerprints. Without all those good, bad, and
unforgettable memories, this story never would have come to life. Thank you.

Last but most important, I want to thank my husband, Stuart, for his enduring confidence in my talent and for instilling in me the belief that failure is not an option! Thank you for being in my life.

Mika Ashley-Hollinger was born and spent her childhood on the east coast of Florida.
Precious Bones
is her debut novel; she wrote it in tribute to a way of life that has all but disappeared. Mika lives with her husband and an assortment of endangered birds and wild chickens on a protected wetland in Hawai’i.