Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Many thanks also go out to the wonderful team at Hyperion, especially Emily Meehan, Julie Moody, Jamie Baker, Heather Crowley, and Dina Sherman. I’m also extremely grateful to Marci Senders, who designed the covers for this series. They fit the books so well!
While writing these books, I have gone from being a PhD student to being a professor, and I am so grateful to both Yale University and the University of Oklahoma for supporting me in my pursuit of both writing and psychology. There is so much in this series that I couldn’t have written without the education I received from wonderful mentors like Laurie Santos, Paul Bloom, and Simon Baron-Cohen. An additional thank-you goes out to all of the readers who’ve contacted me to say that this series has stoked their interest in psychology. Stories are one way we come to understand the minds and experiences of others; for me, science is another, and it means so much to me to have met readers who share that passion!
Thank you to all of the librarians, teachers, and educators who have put this series into someone’s hands, to the wonderful conferences and festivals that have let me meet so many readers, and to the fans of this series, whose passion for the teens in the Naturals program have kept me going day after day. And thank you also to the author friends who have supported me through the writing of this series, especially Rachel Vincent, Ally Carter, Sarah Rees Brennan, Carrie Ryan, Elizabeth Eulberg, Rachel Caine, and BOB. And also a huge shout-out to Rose Brock, a force of nature who I am so lucky to have as a friend!
Finally, thank you to my friends and family. To my mom and dad, thank you for coming to put food in my fridge when I was too busy to eat and for having spent the past decade supporting my writing in so many ways. To my siblings and siblings-in-law, I am so lucky to have you in my family! Thank you to Connor for keeping copies of Jen-Jen’s books on hand, to Dominic and Daniel for reading Aunt Jen’s books, and to Gianna, Julian, Matthew, Joey, and Colin for being yourselves. And an enormous thank you to my husband. It’s hard to believe that when I started this series, we hadn’t yet met. I am so very blessed to have you in my life.
To William: Thank you, little one, for changing my life and for being the world’s best baby when Mommy was on deadline.
ALSO BY JENNIFER LYNN BARNES
The Naturals
Killer Instinct
All In
JENNIFER LYNN BARNES has written several acclaimed young adult novels, including the first three books in the Naturals series, The Naturals, Killer Instinct, and All In. She has advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. She received her PhD from Yale University and is now a professor of psychology. You can find her online at www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com, or follow her on Twitter @jenlynnbarnes.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Bad Blood