The Prisoner and the Chaplain

Chapter 1

My book wouldn’t exist without the guidance and support of some very special people: my extraordinary editor, Paul Vermeersch; my initial readers, Edward Berry and Allie Vandersanden; my legal-minded brother, David Berry; Noelle Allen and Ashley Hisson at Wolsak & Wynn; and my agent, Chris Bucci. Thanks to Emily Dockrill Jones for the thorough copy-editing. Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council for the much-appreciated bolt of confidence, a Works in Progress grant. Giant gratitude goes out to my mom, my dad, Stu, Abby and Zoe, who always have my back and know exactly when to put me in my place. Finally, special thanks to the greeter-galore, the one who is so happy he almost dies as he wiggles and groans around the house when I come home, my border collie/basset hound, Buddy. He deserves his name in a book for once.