

I felt odd too, standing in the town where my mother lived. The truck driver let me off on Lamartine, on the odd side of the street. Thanks for giving me the space to be as weird as I need to be. And Sylvia Nordeman! Thanks for keeping my secret writer life a secret and for letting me vent about all sorts of heinous stuff-you know what I mean … shh! Finally, I have to give a special shout-out to my family: the Reeveses, of course the Costellos the Mundines and the Runnelses. A big hug to my Blueboarder peeps, especially Amy Spitzley, Brad “the Brad” White, and Elaine “Sweetpea” Alexander-three folks who have taken the art of BS to a whole nother level. And thanks to Valerie Shea, because although I’m a stickler when it comes to word usage, she’s way sticklier (and yes I know that’s not a word :p). Thanks to Michael del Rosario for really getting my book and helping me make it stronger, and for understanding that yes, some people-like us-actually do have green veins. Big thanks to my first agent, Michelle Andelman, for taking a chance on an unknown kid (always wanted to say that!). Many thanks to Susan Lynn Byerly Smith for not only being an awesome Alpha Reader, but also for coming up with the title of this book, though I still think The Other Side of Crazy is sooo funny (nice try, Ma!).

To my mother, Glenda, who always lets me be myself Protected by demon hunters called Mortmaine. In an East Texas town that is haunted with doors to dimensions of the dead and Summary: A mentally ill sixteen-year-old girl reunites with her estranged mother Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Dataīleeding violet / Dia Reeves. Manufactured in the United States of America Information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau atġ-86 or visit our website at Designed by Paul Weil The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-86 or SIMON PULSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.įor information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īn imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Divisionġ230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020įirst Simon Pulse hardcover edition January 2010Īll rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the Any references to historical events, real people, or real Bleeding VioletMore heart-pumping novels from Simon Pulse
