Acknowledgments

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO MY EDITOR, David Highfill, and my publisher, Phyllis Grann, for their continuing care and contributions to my work.

My agents, Morton Janklow and Anne Sibbald, and all the people at Janklow & Nesbit, continue to manage my career, always with excellent results, and they, as ever, have my gratitude.

My wife, Chris, is my first and most critical reader, and I thank her for her strong opinions and her love.