Happy Pub Day to these two bright lights: Kali and Luz. I’m so inspired by, and grateful to, them both. ✨3rd photo is from a research trip Kali and I took to Southern, CO (Pueblo, CO). Not pictured: the white Lincoln we drove; our incredible museum guide, who was also the curator; and the land that rose up and surrounded us. ✨5th photo is of my mom and I (Kali took the photo) standing in front of the gun that Simodecea (a badass sharpshooter I hope you’ll meet if you read the book) would have used at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. ✨7th photo is a stack of signed books—contact your local indie to see if they have any! And 9th photo is Kali’s tour line up —show up and show out. ✨Over ten years of research, craft, and care are in these pages—you did that, K, congratulations.