All Things Bright and Strange
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Thank you to Anne Buchanan for the line edit and expert advice. And thank you to all my friends at HarperCollins and Thomas Nelson, especially to my editor, Karli Jackson, for championing my work—your advice is always right on target. Thank you—from editing to production to marketing and beyond—I’d name you all, but I’d have nightmares that I left someone out! You know who you are, and you know I know, so thank you again!
And finally, you know the saying, “My dad can beat up your dad”? Well Dan Lazar isn’t my dad, but he is my agent, and I bet he could beat up any agent I put in front of him, figuratively speaking of course. As far as agents go, he is the best, of that I am certain; and I’m still wondering to this day how I got him to sign me! But thanks Dan! And Torie! And everyone at Writers House for believing in me!
Now, back to writing.
Until next time, dear readers . . .
James Markert
Louisville, Kentucky
May 2017
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Markert lives with his wife and two children in Louisville, Kentucky. He has a history degree from the University of Louisville and won an IPPY Award for The Requiem Rose, which was later published as A White Wind Blew, a story of redemption in a 1929 tuberculosis sanatorium, where a faith-tested doctor uses music therapy to heal the patients. James is also a USPTA tennis pro, and has coached dozens of kids who’ve gone on to play college tennis in top conferences like the Big 10, the Big East, and the ACC.
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