ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This is the first novel I’ve written entirely in India, working as a full-time writer, so I’d like to thank everyone who helped me get over here, including my good friends Sanja and Terri who gave me the most wonderful send-off I’ve ever received, as well as Tamela, Lizzy, Monica, Bryan, Dannie, KP, Cheryl, Niki, Emily, Jeannette, Gianina, Jennifer, Cindy, Susannah and Kara. Most of all, a huge thanks to my sister Kathy and my brother Steve and their families for helping me with the transition, and my parents for being so supportive even when my choices probably make them nuts. Thanks also to Cindie for providing me a buddy and fellow seeker almost upon arrival in the land of monkeys and Buddhas and stomping Lord Ganeshas.

Many thanks as well to Kathy, Amelia, Tamela and April for their genius minds in helping me edit and improve all of my books and the Oregon Writers Network folks for all of your wisdom, insights, knowledge and skills that have so vastly improved all aspects of my writing and publishing that the difference really can’t be calculated. Thanks especially to Kristine Kathyrn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith for all of their invaluable help and guidance.

To the beautiful people living in the town of Sidhpur, H.P., as well as McLeod Ganj, I say a warm thank you for such a soft and compassionate landing, especially Dolma, Ani-La, Linda, Sonam, Jon, Amala, the folks at Tushita and of course His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.