Foreigners

Acknowledgements

I wrote this book with the help and assistance of a number of people. I would like to thank: Kester Aspden, Maureen Baker, James Basker, Jill Campbell, Allison Edwards, Max Farrar, Patricia Farrell, Arthur France, Vanessa Garcia, Karen King-Aribisala, Cordelia Lawton, John McLeod, Colin Mann, George Miles, Joseph Odeyemi, Gill and Tei Quarcoopome, Liz Stirling, Vanessa Toulmin, Annette Turpin, Charmaine Turpin, James Walvin, Eurwyn Williams, Orig Williams, Alex Woolliams, and Matthew Yeomans. I owe a particular debt of gratitude to David Thornton's Leeds: The Story of a City. Maya Wainhaus assisted me through the final stages and typed the manuscript. Finally, Andrew Warnes proved to be a wonderful researcher, source of information, and friend as I was writing 'Northern Lights'.

Caryl Phillips

March 2007