Acknowledgements
Writing about drag queens being beautiful and brave is easy—they all are. Coming up with names for them is hard, and I thank everybody who pitched in with ideas. Especially Bryan and Patsy, whose off-the-cuff suggestions were so full of life that I scrapped my original plan so I could write about these queens instead. If you see your drag name or a friend’s in this story, it’s a coincidence. Know that it’s used fictitiously and with sincere respect.
Thanks also to Team Read for a lifetime of inspiration and to the Open Book Writing Group for leading by fearless example; to Dan and Janelle for fighting over the Presidency of the Fan Club and for tirelessly spreading the word; to Kimberly Workman for so patiently repunctuating the entire manuscript and otherwise taking car
