Acknowledgements
There’s simply no way for me to comprehensively thank all the amazing people, each brilliant and talented in their own right, who helped me create the work you just read. I have no doubt that there are people who deserve to be on this page whom I have missed. But I’ll do what I can.
Christel Winkler initially suggested that I write a novel, assuring me that my knowledge was something that people might enjoy learning and that my voice was something they might enjoy hearing. This book exists because of that encouragement.
Kelly Marie Gardner and Eric Gardner kept this project alive with their invaluable advice, both on literary and technical matters. Becky Sibio and Taliesen Rose read my drafts chapter by chapter as they came off of my keyboard. Jenny Grace Makholm listen
