Everybody Dies (37 page)

The author is pleased to acknowledge the considerable contribution of the Ragdale Foundation, in Lake Forest, Illinois, where this book was written. He is grateful, too, to the following venues, all in Greenwich Village, where some of the early work was done: the Writers Room, Caffe Lucca, Caffe Vivaldi, Peacock Caffe, Homer's Restaurant, the Jefferson Market branch of the New York Public Library, and the coffee shop of Barnes amp; Noble on Astor Place.

The prolific author of more than fifty books and numerous short stories, Lawrence Block is a Mystery Writers of American Grand Master, a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus Awards, and the recipient of literary prizes from France, Germany, and Japan. Block is a devout New Yorker who spends much of his time traveling.