Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up (38 page)
Much help goes into the creation of a book. I’m grateful to the many people who gave me their support along the way, including Dr. Jean Brown, The Commando Writers (Michael A. Di Battista, Peter DiIanni, Scott Fitts, Geoffrey H. Goodwin and David A. Kelly), Susan Green, Shauna Leggat, Andy McNicol, Barbara O’Connor, Bhavini and Hemant Patel, Jenny Silberman, John Taxiarchis, Lauren Whitney and Janet Zade.
Stephanie Lane Elliott, my editor and friend, deserves a special acknowledgment, as do all the good people at Random House who helped make this book happen, including Krista Vitola, Beverly Horowitz, Trish Parcell, Colleen Fellingham, Elizabeth Krych and others too numerous to list but whose efforts I truly appreciate.
Thanks also go to Debra Martin Chase and Gaylyn Fraiche for leading the charge that brought the Lemonade Mouth revolution to an even wider audience.
Finally, I wish to thank my children, Evan, Lucy and Zoe, for reading the various manuscript drafts and giving me their insights, and my wife, Karen, for her unwavering friendship and love.
M
ARK
P
ETER
H
UGHES
is the author of such celebrated books as
A Crack in the Sky; I Am the Wallpaper
, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age and a Book Sense Children’s Pick; and
Lemonade Mouth
, an ASTAL Rhode Island Book of the Year, a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year (Outstanding Merit), and a Boston Authors Club Award Finalist.
Lemonade Mouth
was also adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie. Mark was born in Liverpool, England, and lives in Massachusetts, where he is currently sipping lemonade, strumming a ukulele, and preparing for the revolution. Join him at
markpeterhughes.com
.