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Thanks: as always, to Rodney Rahl, and to my parents, Larry and Donita Schaffert, for their love and support; to Leslie Prisbell, whose bon mots and raggedy fishnets pop up from time to time in this novel; to Janet Lura for her insights and humor; to Gerry Shapiro and Judy Slater for their continued inspiration as writers and teachers; to Wanda Ewing for letting me borrow her artwork; to Amanda and Carl, whose own work of art, Jackson Street Booksellers, served as the inspiration for Mermaids Singing, Used & Rare. Thanks to my dear friends Justin Wolta, Rivkah and Abe Sass, and Maud Casey, for their wit and wisdom. Thanks also to my family, including my aunt Myrna (a tireless promoter of my books), my aunt Mae (who looked after us when my dad was sick), my niece Miranda, and all my brothers’ kids. (A special thanks to Desiree and Ruarik for their service in Iraq.)

Many thanks to my friend and agent, Alice Tasman, and to Greg Michalson, Fred Ramey, Caitlin Hamilton Summie, Cary Johnson, and all the fine folks at Unbridled Books for their phenomenal commitment to my novels. Thanks also to Hilda Raz and Prairie Schooner and the English Department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which got me started and keeps me going.