Lee and all of Ecco, THANK YOU. And Harper Voyager in the UK, THANK YOU.

And, Dave Simmer, my friend, thank you, too, for introducing me to the Lawyer, and for opening that mythical door to begin with.

about the author

Photo by Doug Coombe

JOSH MALERMAN is the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band the High Strung. He lives in Ferndale, Michigan.

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copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

BIRD BOX. Copyright © 2014 by Josh Malerman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

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ISBN 978-0-06-225965-3

EPub Edition MAY 2014 ISBN 9780062259677

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