Under_The_Whispering_Door_by_TJ_Klune

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Under the Whispering Door is a deeply personal story to me; therefore, it
was very hard to write. It took a lot out of me to finish, as it forced me to
explore my own grief over losing someone I loved very much, more than I
ever had before—outside of therapy, at least. There is a catharsis to grief,
though we don’t usually see that in the midst of it. I won’t say writing this
book helped heal me, because that would be a lie. Instead, I’ll say that it left
me feeling a bit more hopeful than I had before, bittersweetly so. If you live
long enough to learn to love someone, you’ll know grief at one point or
another. That’s just how the world works.
Some amazing people helped bring this book to you, so I’d like to thank
them now.
First is Deidre Knight, my agent, who fiercely champions my books and
believes in them, perhaps more than anyone else. She is the best agent an
author could ask for. Thanks to Deidre and the team at The Knight Agency,
including Elaine Spencer, who handles all the foreign rights to my books.
She’s the reason The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering
Door are being translated into so many different languages.
Ali Fisher, my editor, gave me the absolute best writing advice I’ve ever
gotten. While we were in the middle of edits for this book, she told me one
word that changed how I looked at Wallace’s story: decentralize. That won’t
mean much to you, but believe me when I say that it was like the sun bursting
through the clouds for the first time in weeks, and it allowed me to put the
focus where it should’ve been in the first place. This story is as good as it is
because of her. Thanks, Ali.
Also on the editing side is assistant editor Kristin Temple. Kristin had key
input on the character of the Manager (as I tend to try to break my own inworld
rules), and that strange boy who is not really a boy is who he is
because of her. Thanks, Kristin.