A number of people have contributed to this book or helped in some way. The first and most important of these is Jeannine Dillon from HarperCollins whose concept “Freaky Dreams” was in the first place. Also at HarperCollins, huge thanks are due to Chris Wold, Laura Kesner, and the design team.
As always, many thanks go to Isabel Atherton at Creative Authors, and to Jim Duffett-Smith. Cheers to Nigel Evans and Dan Johns at the B&R, Daniel Davies at the BBC, and the Brilliant Dreams website. I owe a massive thanks to Gina Dunn and Malcolm Duncan for introducing me to the best cheese in the world which is made by Susan Fiander-Woodhouse of the Blaenavon Cheddar Company. Susan very generously donated a vast quantity of various flavours of her utterly delicious cheese for the Cheesy Dreams experiment. Her cheese has won many awards in the UK and in the US and my particular favourite was the Christmas Pudding one. Mmmmm! Cheese!!! If you think this reads like an advertisement you’d be absolutely right. You can contact The Blaenavon Cheddar Company at www.chunkofcheese.co.uk.
I’d also like to thank all the people who very kindly took part in the Cheese Dreams experiment as well as the many, many people who told me about their dreams. Some of these dreams found their way into this book, others didn’t, but every single one proved invaluable.
I loved Naomi Epel’s book, Writers Dreaming, published by Carol Southern Books of New York, and where I’ve used extracts from it, these are credited.
Finally, there’s a small group of people in mid Wales who helped more than they might realize by allowing me to sit around their kitchen table and talk about freaky dreams, real and imaginary, into the wee small hours. You know who you are. Thank-you!