The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance and inspiration of Roger Donald, Jordan Pavlin, Geoffrey Kloske, Mike Mattil, Beth Davey, Mih-Ho Cha, and the rest of the people at Little, Brown and Company who made this collection possible. In addition I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the best friend and literary agent any writer could hope for—Candida Donadio, and the wonderful staff at Donadio & Ashworth.