In Too Deep (23 page)

I want to thank the insightful readers of the Antidote Workshop: Scott Repass, Casey Fleming, Rajnana Varghese, Irene Keliher, and Greg Oaks. Thanks also to the incredible team at Gigglin’ Marlin dive shop in Houston: Joe Forneau for all his time and to my various instructors: Bill “Crash” Merrit (DPV & Equipment), Jeff Diamant (Nitrox), and Dan Bowen (Rescue Diver). The Parks Fellowship at Rice University helped me carve away the time to write. I will always be grateful to Edmundo Torres and his cute boat at Cha Cha Cha in Cozumel for all our dives together. Lisa Yoskowitz, Catherine Onder, and Ari Lewin handled an awesome tag-team editorial process, and Sara Crowe kept me focused what mattered. Finally, thanks to my family for their support—especially to Molly, the best dive buddy ever.

COERT VOORHEES
was born and raised in New Mexico. A ceritifed PADI Master Scuba Diver and former Fulbright Scholar, Coert has lived all over the world and now resides with his family in Houston, Texas, where he received an MFA in Fiction from the Univeristy of Houston. He is the author of the critically acclaimed
The Brothers Torres
and
Lucky Fools
, as well as the creator and current mayor of the animated education series and Web site
Grammaropolis
. Visit him at
www.coertvoorhees.com.