Survive the Night by Riley Sager
END CREDITS
While it would be appropriate to compare writing a novel to a long, lonely drive through darkness, it’s not quite the truth. Getting a book published is a team effort, and I have many people to thank for helping me reach my destination.
To Maya Ziv, for being a fantastic editor and, even more, all-around joy.
To Emily Canders, Katie Taylor, Christine Ball, and literally everyone at Dutton, for helping me do what I do. I’m so lucky to have found such an amazing creative home, and I’m astounded daily by all your enthusiasm and support.
To Michelle Brower, for being an incredible agent, a fierce advocate, and a wonderful human being.
To everyone at Aevitas Creative Management, for keeping the business side of things running like clockwork and letting me focus on the writing.
To Mike Livio, for, well, everything.
To the Ritter and Livio families, for their encouragement, support, and bringing quiet normalcy to a sometimes crazy world.
To Sarah Dutton, for being the best first reader a writer could ever have.
To Ben Turrano, for answering my many questions about driving a late-eighties Pontiac Grand Am.
To the filmmakers whose work inspires me and that I return to again and again—Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, Vincente Minnelli, Wes Craven, Brian De Palma, Walt Disney.
Finally, Survive the Night is a love letter to the movies, yes, but also to a specific time period. In November 1991, I was a senior in high school, which was a particularly fraught, magical, memorable time in my life. And if you’ll forgive one final bit of nostalgia, I’d like to thank the people who were so special to me then: Jenny Beaver, Jason Davis, Christine Fry, Marta McCormick, Marsha McKinney, John Paul, Sarah Paul, Brian Reedy, Jeff Richer, Seema Shah, and Kelly Jo Woodside. Thank you all for the many night drives.
