MacAdam·Cage

MacAdam/Cage is the publisher credited in the front matter of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife. The acknowledgments single out the press as a central part of the work’s path to publication, while the copyright notice identifies it as the publisher and gives its San Francisco address.

Role in the Book’s Publication

In her acknowledgments, Niffenegger thanks Joseph Regal for agreeing to take on the book and for teaching her about the intricacies of publishing. She then expresses gratitude to the people at MacAdam/Cage, particularly editor Anika Streitfeld, whose patience, care, and close scrutiny supported the manuscript’s development. The thanks also name Dorothy Carico Smith, Pat Walsh, David Poindexter, Kate Nitze, Tom White, and John Gray, as well as Melanie Mitchell, Amy Stoll, and Tasha Reynolds.

The acknowledgments present publication as collaborative work rather than the author’s effort alone: editorial attention and the contributions of people at the press stand alongside the institutional and personal support credited elsewhere on the same page. Niffenegger describes working with the named colleagues as a pleasure, giving the press a place in the book’s account of how it came into being.

Imprint and Publication Details

The copyright notice lists MacAdam/Cage at 155 Sansome Street, Suite 550, San Francisco, California 94104. The book carries a 2003 copyright by Audrey Niffenegger. Together, the notice and acknowledgments identify MacAdam/Cage both as the publisher associated with the finished volume and as an organization whose staff participated in its editorial passage to print.

Place in Niffenegger’s Career

The book’s front matter identifies The Time Traveler’s Wife as Niffenegger’s first novel. That detail makes the acknowledgments’ emphasis on the press’s guidance especially pertinent: the account links the debut novel not only to its author, but also to the editorial and publishing relationships that helped bring her first work of this kind before readers.