ibisobooi, rita williams garcia, erica sanchez and elana arnold. [applause] your books have just been so beautiful. to see my title amongst yours is something i don't think i quite understood yet. also want to thank our fellow long listers. angie thomas, jason reynolds, laura snyder. i'm so proud to see our 10 titles together. i'm so proud to share this with you. as many of you in this room know, if you write a book or you publish a book it takes a village to make that book something else. so i need to thank my village. my agent, lisa, i meter in in 2006. she sent an email. we've been partners in metaphorical crime ever since. thank my team at harper. if i name all of you, i they will get me the hook. rene, suzanne, jen. also assistants, i feel make the world go around. i like to thank their assistants as well. yeah. [cheers and applause] i need to thank you a very special assistant elizabeth, whose emails always made me laugh during the process of writing this book. i need to thank my dear friends and my dear editor kristin petit. i spoke to her o