Cheers, as always, to my dear agent, Bill Contardi, without whom I’d be lost. Much love and gratitude to my parents, Anthony and Linda, for their unwavering support during the hardest of times, and to my sitters, Anna Higginson, Kiara Hines, Grace Hamashima, and Lisette Glodowski, for keeping my daughter occupied during those hours when deadlines loomed and I needed to write. Thanks once again to Michael Combs for his friendship and never-ending encouragement, and to the following kind souls for listening when they could have been doing much better things: Carey Blackburn, Jessica Braun, Michael Eubanks, Daniel Fetter, Nicholas Lease, Joseph Lisi, Caroline May, Aubrey Moya-Mendez, Matthew Reda, Darian Rutter, Jane Simmons, Donald Sutton, Pierce Williams, Andrew Antoci, Matt Donahue, Morgan Goodman, Catie Griffin, Jayme Johns, Olivia Manlove, De’Ja McKnabb, Tyler Smith, Kelly Toland, Grant Vandervoort, Joseph Webster, Madeline Whallen, Collin Yates, and Kennedy Young.
And finally, to my dear friend and mentor, the late John Shearin: thank you for continuing to watch over me.
About the Author
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GREGORY FUNARO grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island, and wrote his first story, “The Ghost in the Window,” in the fourth grade. He considers this to be his finest work, but unfortunately it has been lost to time. His other more recent works include the New York Times bestselling Alistair Grim’s Odditorium series. Greg lives in North Carolina, where he teaches drama at East Carolina University. Visit him online at www.gregoryfunaro.com.
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