This Little Dark Place by A. S. Hatch

This Little Dark Place by A. S. Hatch

Author:A. S. Hatch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Profile


Acknowledgements

Firstly, I’d like to thank my agent – the great Eve White. My association with Eve goes back to the summer of 2012 and it is testament not only to her patience with a young author finding his voice, but to her guiding wisdom and loyalty that we are now – seven years later – finally publishing our first novel together. Eve’s enduring faith in my talent has been and continues to be a source of immense pride and motivation, and I look forward to sharing much more success with her in the future.

I must also mention and thank Eve’s assistant, Ludo Cinelli. A smarter, more affable and astute operator you are unlikely to find. (Thanks also to Ludo’s predecessor Kitty Walker, from whom I learned so much.)

‘Gratitude’ does a lousy job of describing my feelings towards my editor, Cecily Gayford. Simply put, without Cecily this book wouldn’t exist. Cecily had a clear vision for This Little Dark Place and the courage to take a chance on me. I hope I executed her plan well and that she is as proud of the finished product as I am. The biggest compliment I can pay Cecily is that working with her has made me a far better writer. I’m forever grateful, to her, and to everyone at Serpent’s Tail.

Thanks to my friend Charlotte Marriage for agreeing to meet me on a cold December evening in South Kensington to talk about prison life (note to potential employers: Charlotte had previously worked with offenders and has never – to my knowledge – been incarcerated herself  ).

Thanks to my dad for showing me his carpentry tools in his freezing garage on Christmas Day while I took pictures and notes on my phone.

Thanks, and love, to my mum and my sister who came to London and picked me up when the world had dished out a serious drubbing. From the ashes of that dreadful winter came this novel.

Special thanks also to my dear friend and fellow bibliophile Carol Quearney, from whose brilliant mind I steal liberally and shamelessly.

Above all, thank you Tarryn, for your patience, your love, and your constancy. I hope you’re proud of me.



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