Authors: Jae Hood
#Superfan (17 page)
If not for my three children and husband, this book would not exist. So thank you all for driving me so incomprehensibly insane that I had to escape to my office to bring Alex and Eight's story to life (and by office I mean the tiny desk in my laundry room).
Without Rach Lawrence this book would be filled with misplaced nonsense, missing commas, extra commas (no commas?), misspelled words, and don't make me go on because I can. That's how bad it looks before she attacks it with her red pen. I don't know how she does it, but I'm so happy she does.
As always, thanks to LC Morgan and Allyn Lesley for pre-reading, making recommendations, and pointing out all the things that made absolutely no sense. And there were a lot of things that didn't make sense, because come on. This is Hoodie we're talking about.
Lastly, I'd like to give a special thanks to my friend Veronica for pre-reading, voicing some great suggestions, and her overall enthusiasm for my story. Each time I read a message from you about my story, or heard your bubbling voice in chat, you made me fall in love with writing that much more. Your excitement in turn made me excited, and I thank you for that. We love laughing at the petty together, but you're the most trill girl I know.
#abouttheauthor
Jae Hood is a full-time wife, mother, and geriatric nurse. And sometimes she sleeps. When she’s not spending her time caring for others, you can find her daydreaming, painting her nails, decorating cakes, crocheting, or investing herself in whatever hobby she’s discovered this week on Pinterest. Jae lives in a small, rural town in northeast Mississippi with her husband, three children, and more pets than she can afford. Jae fell in love with books as a child when her mother entrusted Judy Blume to explain life’s woes, and she fell in love with writing during an English assignment in junior high. Dirty South Drug Wars is Jae’s debut novel.