It turns out my friends are more devious than I, so for pranks and other nefarious suggestions, my thanks to Geoff Gaebe, Peter Büchi, Seth Christenfeld, Emilie Storrs, Aileen Itani, Christianne Tisdale, Matt Conroy, and Liz Reddick. (And if I ever share the stage with any of you again, I will be sure to watch my back!) Gratitude always to my stalwart support team, editor Kira Rubenthaler of Bookfly Design, designer Linda Pierro of Flint Media, and agent Kari Stuart at ICM, as well as my trusted betas, Helen Lessner, Tim Peierls, and my very own Hugh (but without the British accent), Joshua Rosenblum.