Going Geek (27 page)

I would like to thank my wonderful boys, Jackson and Elliott, for being the best sons I could hope for. I am lucky to be your mom. Thanks for all the hugs and special cheers.

Thank you to my amazing editor, Wendy Loggia, whose insightful feedback and confidence were instrumental in coaxing an actual book out of my original manuscript. You make the process as painless as it can be. Thanks also to the Delacorte Press team, including Krista Vitola, Angela Carlino, and Candy Gianetti, for lending their skill and creativity to this book.

Tremendous thanks to Adriann Ranta, my lovely agent, for superhuman patience and so much thoughtful advice.

I would be lost without my writing community. Thanks to Chandler Baker for daily accountability; to Virginia Boecker, Jennifer Brooks, Kelly Loy Gilbert, Lori Goldstein, Lee Kelly, Michelle Krys, Stacey Lee, Kim Liggett, and Kristin Rae for friendship and support; and to the entire LA writer crew, especially Kerry Kletter, Kathy Kottaras, Michelle Levy, Nicole Maggi, Mary McCoy, Gretchen McNeil, Corrie Shatto, and Nicola Yoon, for perspective and priceless camaraderie.

Extra hugs to Nori Horvitz and Amber Sweeney, two bloggers among so many wonderful ones, who went above and beyond.

Thank you to Caroline Tse of SayFINN Design Agency for all things website and swag related. Our sushi lunches are the best deal in town.

I'm grateful to Laura Pirri for mining high school memories with me, and to Heather Pottle for the fac brat view.

Thanks to my family—to my mom and dad for sending me to private school, to my cousin Nelson Wen for sharing thoughts about boarding at said private school, to Raksmey Tan for letting me use your name and for being awesome, and to Dana and Kevin Breen for entertaining me with tales from your former lives as dorm parents.

Lastly, to my husband, Andrew, thank you for being my rock and my biggest supporter. None of this would be possible without you.

CHARLOTTE HUANG
is the author of
For the Record.
She grew up in the Boston area and was a day student at a prestigious boarding school, where she didn't quite hit her stride but made great friends and got good at writing ten-page papers in one night. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

Visit Charlotte online at
charlottehuangbooks.com

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