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and live with it, are always striving towards the good.

Acknowledgements

To my wonderful agent Jenny Savill whose faith in Ted, Olivia and Lauren kept me going, and who fought for them all the way, I can only say thank you. The stars must have been aligned the day we met. My amazing US agent Robin Straus and her colleague Katelyn Hales worked tirelessly to bring this book to the US. I am eternally grateful.

The tireless, redoubtable Miranda Jewess edited this book firmly and gently into its final form. It must have been like driving a team of octopuses down Piccadilly. I am full of admiration for her, Niamh Murray, Drew Jerrison and all the Viper team who have worked so hard to support this book. The Last House on Needless Street found its perfect US editor in Kelly Lonesome O’Connor, and the best US home with Tor Nightfire. It is so rewarding to work with these wonderful publishers.

Love and thanks go as ever to my mother Isabelle and my father Christopher, for all their help since the very beginning. Their support sustains me, as does that of my sister Antonia and her family – Sam, Wolf and River.

To my shining, good-hearted and very impressive friends, thank you. I am so grateful to Emily Cavendish, Kate Burdette, Oriana Elia, Dea Vanagan and Belinda Stewart-Wilson for their willingness to listen, a place to lay my head in tough times, many words of comfort as well as more caustic observations, wine and much wisdom. Natasha Pulley has my deepest gratitude for our long talks, for her excellent ideas and endless wit. Gillian Redfearn’s support and friendship has been a lifeline. My earliest readers were Nina Allan, Kate Burdette, Emily Cavendish and Matt Hill – their encouragement spurred me on. Eugene Noone’s joy, creativity and friendship inspired me for many years and his memory will continue to do so. He is deeply missed by me, and many others.

I am profoundly thankful for my endlessly talented, wonderful partner Ed McDonald – for his support, generosity of spirit and keen editorial eye. I am so very lucky. I can’t wait for more adventures together.

The charity First Person Plural provided me with invaluable resources on DID and gave me insight into what it’s like to live with this complex disorder. They helped to bring dissociative identity disorder to life for me; I hope I have done them justice.

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CATRIONA WARD was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the US, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen and Morocco. She read English at the University of Oxford, and spent several years working as an actor in New York. Her first novel, Rawblood, was published in 2015, and was a WHSmith Fresh Talent title. Ward won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel in 2016 at the British Fantasy Awards for Rawblood, and again in 2018 for Little Eve, making her the first woman to win the prize twice. Little Eve also went on to win the prestigious Shirley Jackson Award for best novel, and was a Guardian Best Book of 2018. Her next novel, Sundial, will be published by Viper in 2022.

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Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Ted Bannerman

Olivia

Ted

Dee

Ted

Olivia

Dee

Ted

Olivia

Dee

Ted

Olivia

Ted

Olivia

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Dee

Olivia

Ted

Olivia

Ted

Dee

Olivia

Ted

Olivia

Ted

Olivia

Ted

Dee

Ted

Lauren

Olivia

Ted

Olivia

Dee

Ted

Olivia

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Olivia

Dee

Olivia

Ted

Olivia

Dee

Ted

Lauren

Ted

Lauren

Ted

Night Olivia

Ted

Little Teddy

Ted

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Bibliography