The Paper Magician (22 page)

“You, too. Don’t stay up too late,” she said.

Emery turned back to his book. Ceony let her gaze linger on him for a second longer, then went to get ready for bed.

She set the roses on her nightstand before falling asleep.

Charlie N. Holmberg’s
The Glass Magician
is available Fall 2014 from 47North

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CKNOWLEDGMENTS

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people worth thanking for the fruition of this book. First and foremost is my husband, Jordan, who read the roughest of rough drafts and who bears many a literary bruise from all the ideas I’ve bounced off him.

Another huge thanks for all my alpha and beta readers—Jessica, Laura, Hayley, Lindsey, Whit, Andrew, and especially Juliana, whose belief in me and my stories became a battery for my writing.

A big thanks to my family as well, and very much to my baby sister, Alex, who talks me up to all her friends.

Thank you to Lauren for reading countless query drafts and helping me solve plot problems.

Thank you to Brandon Sanderson, the best writing teacher any aspiring author could have, and to my old writing group for molding me into someone who could put together a decent sentence. You know who you are.

And of course, thank you to Marlene and David for giving me a chance, and the 47North team for making this book, and this dream, possible.

Finally, here’s a shout-out to the Big Man upstairs, because any shred of talent found in these pages most certainly came from Him.

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Photo © 2013 Kyndall Elliott

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City, Charlie was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters who also have boy names. In addition to writing fantasy novels, she is also a freelance editor. She graduated from BYU, plays the ukulele, owns too many pairs of glasses, and hopes to one day own a dog.
The Paper Magician
is her debut novel and the first in a whimsical series exploring a world of magicians who animate manmade materials. She currently lives with her family in Utah.