Special thanks goes to my incredibly talented best friend and most favourite partner in crime Crystal Maisie Lo – without your magnificent illustrations Red Leaves wouldn’t have come into vivid existence. I can't thank you enough for putting blood and sweat into brewing Red Leaves and all the other awesome things you have done for me. My sincere gratitude to you for embracing my eccentricities over the past 26 years – that’s more than a quarter century! Let's stay weird together and keep making something happen to this world.
I owe my professor Dr. Judith Clarke a debt of gratitude for her unfailing guidance and support since 2002. Thanks for being there when I felt like giving up.
Thanks Jen Chan for always believing in me, Kubert Leung for keeping the dreamer in me alive, Marie Teather for giving me the chance, and Przemek Sobócki for helping me spot the colours on the dark days with his beautiful art - The Wait was inspired by his illustration Ophelia.
Thanks Stella Chan and Suzana Sou for your clarity of vision, Jannie Wai, Rachel Mok and Spike Tang for your insightful honesty, Eustacia Huen and Iona Lau for your life-saving sense of humour, Helena Kok, Jorz Leung and Oyen Wong for your sweet sweetness, Serena Ng and Sophia Ho for your sister hood.
Thanks dad and mom for the gift of life, brother for the gift of joy, godfather for the gift of books.
Thanks family who are friends.