Frozen Solid

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My literary agent, Ethan Ellenberg, saw promise in the concept that became Frozen Solid and provided reassurance during the inevitable dark times when my own faith was weakening.

I am more grateful than I can say for the support and belief in my work from Ballantine Bantam Dell’s publisher, Libby McGuire, associate publisher Kim Hovey, and editor in chief Jennifer Hershey.

Mark Tavani, my editor at Ballantine, again and again went far beyond the call of duty to help me shape this novel. I said it in my other novel’s Acknowledgments and I will say it here: Mark puts the lie to the oft-heard criticism that editors today don’t edit. He sure as hell does, and brilliantly.

Special words of thanks to senior publicist Cindy Murray and assistant director of marketing Quinne Rogers. Steve Messina, an indefatigable production editor, shepherded the book during its long journey from thought to print. Finally, it’s true that the devil is in the details, and I’m grateful to Ratna Kamath for managing those demons so effectively.

As always, my wife, Liz, was my first reader and critiquer. Through more “story meetings” than I can count, she was more helpful than I can say. Other readers and critiquers included Walllis Wheeler, Tasha Wallis, Damon Tabor, and Jack Tabor.