Annie Hansen Mysteries

Acknowledgments

My UK editor, Morgen Bailey, as well as my Michigan beta reader and editor, Judith Hansen, and my publisher Mark of "Authors for a Cause", were instrumental in helping me polish this work, more particularly Morgen, who is a consummate author and editor herself. My former publisher, Cheryl Tardif, was the first to encourage me to write a mystery starring a schizophrenic private eye. I also want to acknowledge my friend Linda ("Moo Moo") Thomas, who was a preliminary beta reader and cheered me on. My children, as always, are inspirations and the jewels in my author"s crown. My parents, Jean and Kenneth MacDonald, instilled in me a love of reading and writing, and I am grateful to them for that.

As schizophrenic myself, any others I met along the way helped to provide me with an appreciation of the illness and the potential we have for success. A special thanks to Austin Mardon, my friend and fellow traveler, who suggested the particular t*****e and delight of hallucinations and voices which Annie experiences.