Thanks go to Birney Imes, Maridith Geuder, Matthew Guinn, Andrew Kelly, Erinn Holloway, Sean Doyle, Daniel Woodrell, Jason Richman, and Yuli Masinovsky. A special thank you to Lee Boudreaux and the team at Lee Boudreaux Books and Little, Brown. Another special thank you to Ellen Levine, who arrived at just the right time. A final thank you is for Sabrea, may you never grow tired of carrying me.