Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl (34 page)

I’d like to think that she’s as close as that little bird. And why not? I’m starting to think that life can hold a whole lot of possibilities.

Thank you, Katie Shea, for having enough faith in my blind query letter to want to read more of my work, and then for taking me on as a client. I am also very grateful to Rebecca Short for her belief in my main character’s voice, and for tirelessly going over my manuscript and giving valuable notes that helped to make that voice even stronger. My family and great friends keep me happy and sane when I’m not writing. I especially want to single out Courtney Byrd and Anthony Palmer, who enthusiastically read the manuscript in its early stages and gave honest opinions and much-appreciated suggestions.

CAROLITA BLYTHE
was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in New York City. A graduate of Syracuse University, she lives in Los Angeles, where, when not writing novels, she works behind the scenes on television shows. Her debut novel was
The Cricket’s Serenade
. She has also published travel articles and short stories. An avid traveler, Carolita is a New Yorker at heart and enjoys spending summers worshiping the Yankees and autumns pulling for the Jets.