Aurélie would like to thank her agent Betsy Amster at Amster Lit, her editor Holly Ingraham at Alcove Press, her publicist Angela Melamud, her web designer Berkley Benton at Jones House Creative and the many friends, teachers and mentors who have encouraged her along the way, especially Robert Eversz at UCLA Writers’ Program and her cohort at Bennington Writing Seminars.