The Best of Enemies (43 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First, thank YOU for (I hope!) liking this book enough to want to continue reading what I’ve written even now that the story’s over.
I won’t go all Ferris Bueller here and tell you to hit the bricks after the credits roll.
Instead, I offer my appreciation for your continued support.
You’re the best.
Fact.

I wasn’t terribly familiar with embedded journalism when I started this project, but learned so much by researching books and articles by reporters such as Ann Jones, Kirsten Scharnberg, David Ignatius, and Patrick Cockburn.
I didn’t realize exactly how in harm’s way these journalists could be until I visited the Imperial War Museum and saw the wreckage of the Reuters Land Rover hit in the Gaza rocket attack.
Let me be really clear here—I’m not worthy to be listed on the same page as them.
But I hope I’ve done them a small bit of justice with Jack’s character.
All mistakes are my own.

I’m so thankful for the support I’ve received from the whole New American Library family—Kara Welsh, Claire Zion, Tracy Bernstein, Craig Burke, Jessica Butler, and each department that helps propel the author’s work forward, from copyediting to production to sales to art.
You all are my “takes a village.”
Thank you.
Mean it.

Fletch and I would like to offer our collective thanks to Trident’s Scott Miller.
You are perpetually the ocean of calm that supports this ship of fools.
(FYI, the adult tricycle has since been donated.)

As always, big love to my girls Stacey, Tracey, Gina, Joanna, and Laurie for putting up with all the canceled lunch dates and general flakiness when I’m on deadline.
And much respect and admiration to the amazing community of female authors out there for always rallying around one another.
Knowing that writers are readers makes my heart smile; you’re class acts, every one of you.

I kind of want to thank Jack and Kitty here, even though they didn’t actually do anything and, also, they’re not real.
(But I wish they were.)

Finally, for Fletch, who really ran the show this year while I completed two books.
Thanks for being right there to pick up the slack.
You are my hero!
(And, yes, fine, your beard deserves its own Facebook page.)

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