I wouldn’t be anything without the support of my family, especially my parents, who have always believed in my writing despite a couple of decades’ worth of rejection notices.Īlso believing in me is my agent, Scott Miller, at Trident Media, who never gave up, not on this book, not on me. The works of Cesar Millan, James Herriot, Dr. Search and Rescue Dogs, by the American Rescue Dog Association. The Hidden Life of Dogs, by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. What the Dogs Have Taught Me, by Merrill Markoe. I do want to make sure I acknowledge some of the writings I used in my research into how dogs think.
So let me state for the record that I know that as both a writer and a person I am a work in progress who thus far is a sum of all I’ve learned and experienced, and that I owe everything to the people who have taught me, helped me, and supported me.
So many people have helped me in so many ways to get me from where I started to where I am today, I hardly know where to begin the task of identifying them all-and where to stop is even more perplexing a choice. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.įorge® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.įor doing everything, for being everything