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Thanks

I sometimes forget to say thank you to those who have helped me most. So I wanted to acknowledge some special people in my life:

My husband, Rob Tobiassen, for supporting me in every way.

My son, Peter, for challenging me. My daughter, Rose, for cheering me on.

My sister, Deedy, for always being there.

My Aunt Joan, for believing in me, first and always.

The folks at Albert Whitman, for being brave enough to take a chance on a new writer and two quirky tales, and especially my editors, Abby Levine and Kathy Tucker, for making the books so much better than they were.

My illustrators, Jenny Law and JoAnn Adinolfi, for bringing punctuation marks to life so brilliantly.

WWBP - Kathy, Maureen and Susan, without whom I would not be published.

My Tuesday night critique group, and especially Jackie Jules, for all its advice.

SCBWI for its resources and community.

And especially my brother-in-law, Dan, for his creativity, and for designing this website!

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