Daughter of Dusk (43 page)

Thanks to several authors’ loops for wisdom and laughs: The Fourteenery, One Four Kidlit, and YA Binders.

And of course, love and gratitude to my husband for being a (captive) sounding board on everything from plot ideas to copy edits (and, to his credit, he was only slightly insufferable when his
grammar or vocabulary proved better than mine), and my parents, in-laws, extended family, and friends for their constant excitement and support on this journey. You make a girl feel loved.

LIVIA BLACKBURNE
has a PhD in neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she conducted research on the neural
correlates of reading. She still blogs on the intersection of writing and brain science (
liviablackburne.com
), and she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Livia is also the author of
Midnight Thief
, an Indies Introduce New Voices selection.