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OTHER BOOKS In more than 30 years of acquiring both fiction and nonfiction, I am proud to have published the following titles, among many more: SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY    Encounter with Tiber, Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes    Dark Matter: A Century of Science Fiction from the African Diaspora, edited by Sheree Renee Thomas (winner of the World Fantasy Award)    Empire of Ivory, Naomi Novik (New York Times bestseller)    Hyperion (winner of the Hugo Award), Dan Simmons    Parable of the Talents (winner of the Nebula Award), Octavia Butler    The Deed of Paksenarrion, Elizabeth Moon    The Baker's Boy, J.V. Jones    Golden Trillium, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton    The Reality Dysfunction, Peter F. Hamilton    Midnight Robber, Nalo Hopkinson    Armageddon's Children (New York Times bestseller), Terry Brooks THRILLER    Riptide, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child    Without Warning, John Birmingham    The Flight, Clair Runyan ROMANCE    The Brass Bed, Jennifer Stevenson NONFICTION    The Hacker Crackdown, Bruce Sterling    Sometimes the Magic Works, Terry Brooks    Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the fight for Civil Rights, Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due    You Just Don't Duct Tape a Baby: True Tales and Sensible Suggestions from a Veteran Pediatrician, Dr. Norman Weinberger and Alison Pohn GRAPHIC NOVELS    The Exile, Diana Gabaldon    In Odd We Trust, Dean Koontz and Queenie Chan    Blood Work, Kim Harrison

ENDORSEMENTS Betsy was a good, tough editor from day one, and she made every one of my books better as a consequence of her thorough and thoughtful editing.         --Terry Brooks Betsy has been my editor, off and on, for stories and books spanning nearly my entire career. She remains one of the best and brightest in the business, and I look forward to working with her again in the future.        --Timothy Zahn Betsy Mitchell is hands-down the best editor I've ever had. What makes her such a great editor for writers at every phase of their career? Her ability to discern what the writer is trying to do--to get into a writer's back-brain, into the core of the writer's idea, rather than derail the book and try to make it fit her own ideas. And she can communicate what she perceives tactfully enough for the thin-skinned to endure and firmly enough for the stubborn to hear, all in the service of making the writer's book better.         --Elizabeth Moon, author of The Deed of Paksenarrion and the Vatta's War series Betsy Mitchell is the kind of professional editor that no author should be without. In the decade I've worked with her she has always provided insightful and accurate comments on my first draft manuscripts which helped turn those books into bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. She fully understands the principles of narrative and character, and how these should be combined to enhance any story. I don't know how I'd manage without her.        --Peter F. Hamilton, New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Star Betsy Mitchell helped me turn a rough, ragged thriller into a novel I was proud to publish. It was a privilege to work with and learn from her.        --Harry Connolly, author of Child of Fire, a Publishers Weekly "Best 100 Books of 2009" selection

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