Wizardess Born is dedicated
to my mother Antoinette Killby
and to my brother Dino Bibolini,
the truest friends anybody could ever hope to find.

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to Clive Salzer, who contributed ideas and inspiration, and to Bernard Sullivan, who undertook a thorough edit of the first draft. Thanks also to all those who read the manuscript and gave helpful feedback: Mootie Salzer, Kane Salzer, Mary Brocklesby, Pilar Rodriguez, Ian Wood, Sylvie Nickels, Roy Richard, Conor O'Sullivan, Tim Howatson, Elke Sisto and Helly Moore. And many thanks to my brother Dino Bibolini for his support and encouragement, and to my mother Antoinette Killby for her meticulous efforts in uncovering errors missed by Microsoft Word’s spell checker.