Authors: Jillian Cantor

The September Sisters (21 page)

Acknowledgments

I AM ENORMOUSLY
indebted to my agent, Jessica Regel, at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, for her enduring belief in me, her infinite patience, and her wisdom. Thank you to my editor, Jill Santopolo, for falling in love with this book and for giving me the guidance to make it work. I am also tremendously grateful to Laura Geringer and everyone else at HarperCollins who has worked so hard on my behalf.

Many thanks to all the teachers who showed me the power of the written word and encouraged me to keep going, most notably: Mrs. “I,” Andrea “La” Lamberth, Charlotte Holmes, and Aurelie Sheehan.

For their encouragement and support, thank you to my friends and fellow writers Ann Stewart Hendry and Meghan
Tifft. Thank you to Monica Hoffman Tufo—a wonderful friend in junior high school and still today

My deepest thanks to my parents, Alan and Ronna Cantor, for teaching me that anything is possible and for being the most enthusiastic readers. Thank you to my June sister, Rachel Cantor, for her friendship. And thank you to my two beautiful children for being a constant source of inspiration and joy.

Most especially, thank you to my extraordinary husband, Gregg Goldner, who is always my best friend and best reader. Without his love and support, this book never would have existed.

About the Author

JILLIAN CANTOR
has a BA in English from Penn State University. She received her MFA from the University of Arizona and was a recipient of the national Jacob K. Javits fellowship. She currently lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.
THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS
is her first novel. You can visit her online at www.jilliancantor.com.

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Credits

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Copyright

THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS
. Copyright © 2009 by Jillian Cantor. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub © Edition SEPTEMBER 2009 ISBN: 9780061972102

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