I AM EXCEEDINGLY grateful to the people who helped bring this book to life: Holly Schmidt and Allan Penn at Hollan Publishing; John Duff and my brilliant, patient editor Meg Leder at Perigee Books; Cyndi Culpepper, Andrea Nay, Paul Markowski, Connie Biltz and Rachael Pavlik, whose wit and friendship inspire me; and my wife, Paige, and daughter, Keaton, whose love and support sustain me.