Montana Noir

Acknowledgments

Our posse of authors couldn’t have come together without dozens of helpful people, chief among them François Guérif, the French literary icon, and Kim Anderson, the former director of the Montana Festival of the Book (now the Montana Book Festival), without whom key contributors would not have signed on to this project.

Early support from Barbara Theroux, Ariana Paliobagis, and Bob Harrison was instrumental in ensuring you could hold this book in your hands.

Lisa Cordingley, Bill Johnston, Lois Welch, Amy Guthrie Sakariassen, Martha Elizabeth, Neil McMahon, and Deirdre McNamer deserve special mention for advice, encouragement, and behind-the-scenes assistance.

Keir would like to thank Bill Ott, whose definition of noir is hard and true (if not always easy for authors to live up to).

We’re indebted to Bonnie Goldstein and Marya Graff, our eternally patient better halves, for their support during this sometimes challenging journey.

Especially deserving of our gratitude is Akashic’s brilliant publisher Johnny Temple, whose vision for a literary franchise of noir anthologies revolutionized publishing with nearly a hundred volumes and counting. We’re honored and proud to be part of that great cultural triumph.

But mostly, thank you for coming on this ride with us.