Thank you to my agent, Kerry Glencorse, and to Ella Munn-Giddings, Mark Kessler, and all at Susanna Lea Associates. Thank you also to Krystyna Green, Grace Vincent, Amanda Keats, Joan Deitch and all at Constable/Little, Brown; to Siobhan Tierney and all at Hachette Ireland; and to Bob and Pat Gussin, Lee Randall, and Autumn Beckett at Oceanview Publishing.
Thank you to Paul Gaster for the head-shots. Thank you to Henrietta McKervey, who again read an early draft of Treacherous Strand, as did Lily McGonagle. Thank you also to Fidelma Tonry, Brid Gallagher, Roisin Doherty, Myra Cahill, Donal McGuinness, Emile Daly, Caroline Tynan, Tom and Brenda O’Grady, Paul Gunning, Marc Thompson and Geraldine Biggs for their advice, friendship and support in matters Donegal, legal, veterinary, pharmaceutical, and otherwise. All errors are entirely my own!
I will always be grateful to Frank McGuinness for his kindness and encouragement and to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and James Ryan of UCD.
And to the Irish Writers Centre whose support has been invaluable to me on more than one occasion.
You will (still) not find Glendara on the map of Inishowen, but many of the other places frequented by Ben O’Keeffe do exist. In particular, the beach at Lagg, or Five Fingers Strand, remains one of my favorite places on earth, as it is hers. Do visit. But don’t swim!
Finally, thank you to my family: Jack and Gloria, Nikki, Tom and Christopher, and Owen and Jean.
And to Geoff who I hope will forgive the dedication.