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Thank you to…

All the family members, friends, peers and people who have inspired and encouraged me. You know who you are!

Margaret Marbury at Red Dress Ink for picking me out of the slush pile and saying “yes,” and the RDI committee in New York, Toronto and the U.K. for agreeing with her.

My editor, Melissa Jeglinski, who is a joy to work with. Who helped me create a road map for Karrie Kline. Who has great ideas, and great taste in restaurants!

The entire RDI team for their wonderful and creative work on all aspects of this book, and special thanks to Zareen Jaffery for her help.

Robert Youdelman, Danielle Forte and Dianne Jude for their terrific work, and Mark Pedowitz for pointing me in that direction.

Nancy Kelton whose class, Writing from Your Personal Experience, started something. The “Los Angeles Writer’s Bloc” and “The WorkShop Theater Company.”

Lisa Forman and Ruth Kreitzman for pushing me to write.

Jill Cohen for the serendipitous act that led to publishing this book!

Jamie Callan for oh so much, for everything!

Nancy Giles for the delicious brainstorms!

Ellen Byron, Steve Keyes and Matt Graff for support from the beginning.

Stewart Zuckerbrod, Tracy Tofte, Sandy Eisenberg, Pam Clifford and Susan Banerjee for always listening to me read. Phyllis Heller for ideas. Mary Gordon Murray for living through the rewrite process with me, and Marlene Kaplan who’s going in the white limo!

And in memory of David Stenstrom who was the first one to say, “Laurie, you should be writing this down.”