Acknowledgements

I am very grateful to my expert editor, Elizabetta McKay, for her sharp insights, excellent skills, and wise guidance, and to Raevyn and the whole team at NineStar Press for championing LGBTQA voices and stories.

It is an incredible gift in my life to have Sara Pritchard as an early reader of my writing for so many years; her friendship is an even greater gift.

For a writer, the world of the public library is a playground of wonderfulness, and I am thankful to have spent many years working in them and meeting all kinds of readers. I salute my former library colleagues and appreciate our time together.

I am inspired by British novelist Barbara Pym’s books full of sly humor and small triumphs in life.

Most of all, I am grateful for my life with Jackie Warren, my wife and my everything.