The WordsPlease team would like to acknowledge the assistance and encouragement of the following individuals and organisations in the preparation of material for this website:           Robyn Young (http://www.robynyoung.com), author of bestselling books ‘Brethren’ and ‘Crusade’, among others.           Ali Sparkes (http://www.alisparkes.co.uk), author of many best selling books for young people, particularly the Shapesshifters series.           Dr Ian Gadd (http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/about/profiles/profile.asp?user=academic%5Cgadi1), lecturer in English Literature and specialist in literature and history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries at Bath Spa University. He also has an interest in early printing techniques.           Colin Howard  Former Divisional Officer, West Sussex Fire Brigade           Paul Gordon, (http://www.natzler.com), magician extraordinaire.           Kevin McLeod (http://incompetech.com), music supplier.                 English Heritage (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk).           The Society of Authors (http://www.societyofauthors.org),for permission to publish certain works.           West Sussex Records Office, Chichester (http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/record-office)           Harper Collins (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk), Publisher           Chicken House  (http://www.doublecluck.com),  Publisher