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To my agent, Beth Jusino, who believed in this manuscript, and to my editors, Rachelle Gardner, who sharpened my vision, and Darla Hightower, who polished my words. To Emily Locke, my first reader, who read this manuscript by installments when she should have been studying. To Mick Silva for his enthusiasm when all doors seemed shut and locked. And to my WriteHands comrades-in-pen-Lisa Crayton, Ginger Garrett, and Sue Lang.

Siri Mitchell graduated from the University of Washington with a business degree and worked in various levels of government. As a military spouse, she lived all over the world, including Paris and Tokyo. Siri enjoys observing and learning from different cultures. She is fluent in French and loves sushi.

But she is also a member of a strange breed of people called novelists. When they’re listening to a speaker and taking notes, chances are, they’ve just had a great idea for a plot or a dialogue. If they nod in response to a really profound statement, they’re probably thinking, “Yes. Right. That’s exactly what my character needs to hear.” When they edit their manuscripts, they laugh at the funny parts. And cry at the sad parts. Sometimes they even talk to their characters.

Siri wrote 4 books and accumulated 153 rejections before signing with a publisher. In the process, she saw the bottoms of more pints of ice cream than she cares to admit. At various times she has vowed never to write another word again. Ever. She has gone on writing strikes and even stooped to threatening her manuscripts with the shredder.

Her tenth novel, The Messenger , follows prior Bethany House releases: A Constant Heart (October 2008), Love’s Pursuit (June 2009), She Walks in Beauty (April 2010), and A Heart Most Worthy (March 2011). She Walks in Beauty won the inaugural INSPY Award for Historical Fiction in December 2010. Three of Siri’s novels, Chateau of Echoes and The Cubicle Next Door , and She Walks in Beauty were Christy Award finalists. Love’s Pursuit and Kissing Adrien were finalists for the ACFW Carol Award.