ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I WANT TO THANK MY editors Jim Gratiot and Alan Rinzler for their help and guidance in crafting The Goldilocks Genome. Michael Denneny provided important insights into the structure of the novel.

My friends and colleagues offered valuable insights and constructive suggestions. Ewa Wojnar read every version. Sharon L. Rogers, PhD, reviewed the pharmacology and the late Bernadette DeArmond, MD, MPH, shared her clinical insights into the treatment of depression. Dawn Johnson, Caroline Stuckert, Mel Aden, and Mary Hediger provided comments and encouragement. Any errors are my own.

Names, characters, business, events, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.