A Note About Sources. Acknowledgments

A Note About Sources

There are entire libraries of books about ancient Egypt, and especially about its tombs. The books that were most helpful to me in writing this story were:

Morris Bierbrier, The Tomb-builders of the Pharaohs. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1989.

Anton Gill, Ancient Egyptians: The Kingdom of the Pharaohs Brought to Life. London: HarperCollins, 2003.

Jaromir Malek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press, 1993.

Nicholas Reeves and Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt’s Greatest Pharaohs. London: Thames & Hudson, 1996.

Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson, British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press, 1995.

Acknowledgments

Ra and I are very lucky indeed to have Sarah Horne bringing his adventures to life again with her amazing art. Thank you, Sarah!

My warmest thanks also go to Sara Crowe and the entire Pippin team, and to the terrific people at Holiday House, especially Mora Couch, Emily Campisano, Emily Mannon, Terry Borzumato-Greenberg, Mary Cash, Kevin Jones, and my brilliant editor, Sally Morgridge. I’m indebted to copyeditor Barbara Perris, too.

I’m also grateful to Paula Harrison and Kit Sturtevant for their insightful comments on an early draft, and to Paula (again! ) and Mo O’Hara for supporting Ra’s debut. I treasure the friends and family who have encouraged me, especially Karl Galle and Sylvia Atalla, who brought me my writing mascots all the way from Cairo. My thanks also go the Ashmolean Museum and the British Museum, whose Egyptian galleries never fail to delight, move, and inspire me.

I would be lost without my husband and daughter, who raced through early drafts, laughed in all the right places, and remain Ra’s biggest fans. Thank you, my sweethearts! I wouldn’t trade you for anything, not even a golden, cat-shaped sarcophagus.

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