This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

The place and time depicted here are real, although the characters and events are not. For example: in this novel, the County of San Diego did not burst spectacularly into fiame in October of 2007. This is one of the many ways in which fiction improves on reality.

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THE WRITING CLASS. Copyright © 2008 by Jincy Willett. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Willett, Jincy.

The Writing Class / Jincy Willett—1st Thomas Dunne Books ed.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-1-4668-0623-8

1. Women college teachers—Fiction. 2. Widows—Fiction. 3. Students—Crimes against—Fiction. 4. Murder—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.I455 W75 2008

914'.54—dc22

2008009992