Thank you.

To everyone who's ever written a book,

Thank you.

To every author who's ever fancied her pen a wand
and picked it up and cast a spell on the back of a napkin
and captivated the world,

Thank you.

To every librarian
and every teacher
and every friend
who's ever handed on a book and said
"Read this. I promise, you'll love it,"

Thank you.

To every director who's ever picked up that book
and called up a producer
and said "Let's do it!"

Thank you.

To every costumer who's sewn a robe
and every make-up artist who's painted a scar
and every set designer who's built a castle
or a forest
or a yellow brick road
and every actor who's given up themselves to make a character live instead
even just for an hour or two,

Thank you.

And to every other fan
everyone else who's laughed with me
cried with me
screamed at a character in a book with me
waited in lines at 11:59 with striped scarves and lightning-bolt scars with me
and spent their 11th birthday watching the sky for an owl with a letter,

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

For letting us all believe in magic, just this once.