A Small Fortune (23 page)

I owe thanks to the following people for their sharp and generous insights, as well as years of unwavering support:

David Ciminello, Kathleen Concannon, Jonathan Eaton, Rachel Hoffman, Patricia Kullberg, Monica Spoelstra Metz, and Linda Sladek. I especially want to thank Rachel and Linda for working overtime on the manuscript and pushing me in all the places I needed to go.

I would also like to thank Rima Karami, Stefin McCargar, Jessica Donnell, Stephanie Sutherland, and again, Monica Spoelstra Metz for their friendship, encouragement, and for being such shining examples of kick-ass women we can all aspire to.

I’m grateful to my sister Melissa for her good humor, eleventh-hour eye, and infectious enthusiasm for getting the book out into the world.

And lastly, there are no words to convey the depth of gratitude I feel toward my husband, Andrew, for his love and kindness. Without him there’d be nothing but a blank page.

Photograph by Andrew Reed, 2011

Audrey Braun has lived all over the United States and Europe. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest with her family.
A Small Fortune
is her first novel.