ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank:
—My parents, Sydney and Mike Green. I never thought I would say this, but:
thank you for raising me in Florida.
—My brother and favorite collaborator, Hank Green.
—My mentor, Ilene Cooper.
—Everyone at Dutton, but particularly
my incomparable editor, Julie Strauss-
Gabel, Lisa Yoskowitz, Sarah Shumway, Stephanie Owens Lurie, Christian
Fünfhausen, Rosanne Lauer,
Irene Vandervoort, and Steve Meltzer.
—My delightfully tenacious agent, Jodi Reamer.
—The Nerdfighters, who have taught me so much about the meaning of
awesome.
—My writing partners Emily Jenkins, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier,
and Maureen Johnson.
—Two particularly helpful books I read
about disappearance while
researching
Paper Towns: William Dear’s
The Dungeon Master and Jon
Krakauer’s
Into the Wild. I am also grateful to Cecil Adams, the big brain behind
“The Straight Dope,” whose short article on copyright traps is—so far as I know
—the definitive resource on the subject.
—My grandparents: Henry
and Billie Grace Goodrich, and William and Jo
Green.
—Emily Johnson, whose readings of this book were invaluable; Joellen
Hosler, the best therapist a writer could ask for; cousins-in-law Blake and Phyllis
Johnson; Brian Lipson
and Lis Rowinski at Endeavor; Katie Else; Emily
Blejwas, who joined me on that trip to the paper town; Levin O’Connor, who
taught me most of what I know about funny; Tobin Anderson and Sean, who
took me urban exploring in Detroit; school librarian
Susan Hunt and all those
who risk their jobs to stand against censorship; Shannon James; Markus Zusak;
John Mauldin and my wonderful parents-in-law, Connie and Marshall Urist.
—Sarah Urist Green, my first reader and first
editor and best friend and
favorite teammate.