ONCE AGAIN, I thank Steve Saffel for acquiring this book and seeing it through its early stages. Thanks to Fenton Coulthurst for editing and Louise Pearce for doing the often unappreciated but very necessary (and in this case excellent) task of copyediting. Thank you to Chris Chambers for laying out the book and Tiffani Angus for a very thorough proofread.The beautiful cover design is by Natasha McKenzie. Thanks also to the publicist, Olivia Cooke, and editorial assistant, Claire Schultz.
Many thanks to my early readers: My youngest child, Rosemary, who loved my tentative stab at a first chapter and exhorted me to write more. Adam Gross, Laura Gross, Tracey Abla, and, as usual, Lanelle Webb Keyes.