Collectively, Chris and Matt wish to thank Victoria Skurnick, Daniel Greenberg, and Lindsay Edgecombe at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Chronicle Books, Jeff Campbell, Emily Dubin, the good folks at Encyclopedia Titanica, Drew Niles for handing us the vector, The Onion, Amanda Veith, John and Jimmy Roach, Joe Garden, Jeff Perry, John Urban, Ron Dentinger, and Barriques (Fitchburg and Middleton).
Chris would like to thank Heather Sabin, Dale, Susan, Todd, Heather, Carter, Jackson, Kenny & Dorothy Pauls, Camilla, Don, Dennis, Linda, Andy, Megan, Doug & Kathy Smith, Joe, Jan & Kira Sabin, Matt, Shandra, Ed & Diane Fink, Alex & Kyonghui Wilson, Jerard Adler, Blake Engeldorf, Tom & Meghan Hendricks, Chris & Kathy Briquelet, Ryan & Katy Pettersen, Mark & Keri Braithwaite, Rich & Keri Modjeski, Dan & Amy Turner, Marc Schwarting, Rob & Max Wheat, Angela Keelan Martinez & Jesus, Jon McCorkle, Brooke Dobbs, Adam Goodberg, Chris & Becky Henkel, Debra Spector, Mark Murray, Mark and Karen Kampa, Shawn Quinn, John Hageman, Scott Sherman, Janet Ginsburg, Anita Serwacki, Dan Guterman, Joe Nosek, Doug Moe, Jim Johnson, Neil Spath, Scott Neu, Tom Oberwetter, Rich Hamby, Kirk Bosben, Bill Jackson, The Three Kings, The Cash Box Kings, Knuckeldrager, Karma to Burn for “Twenty,” and as always, everybody at The Village Bar.
Matt wishes to thank Jake, Ben, and Sammi for giving me a reason to get up in the morning, Jerry and Connie for teaching me to work hard and love books, and Joe and Greeg for staying out of my room. Extra-monster thanks to those of you who pushed me forward: Judy Santacaterina and Matt Swan, the Prom Committee and Madison CSz, Jay, Yi and Tha, Ken and Jill, Julie, Ted, and Jack, Colleen, Maddie, and Emma, Michele Laux, the Nygores, the Kollmans, Patricia Ohanian Lundstrom, Halsted Mencotti Bernard, the freaks in San Diego, and the Mothership Connection.