… and a Very Special Acknowledgment to my dear friend and German translator, Barbara Schnell, without whose keen eye and helpful commentary this book would have LOTS more errors than it （undoubtedly） does.
Also …
… the Reverend Julia Wiley, Church of Scotland, for her invaluable insights and advice regarding the spiritual development and ordination of a Presbyterian minister; … Dr. Karmen Schmidt, for her elegant advice on matters medical, anatomical, and apiarial;
… Susan Butler, personal assistant and proofreader, without whom nothing would ever be mailed and the household would descend into complete disorder; … Loretta McKibben, my webmistress （of diana.gabaldon.com）， oldest friend, and expert on matters astronomical and astrophysical; … Janice Millford, who keeps the incoming email in order and prevents my being permanently submerged; … Karen Henry, moderator and Chief Bumblebee-Herder of the Diana Gabaldon Section of the Literary Forum （TheLitForum.com） for lo, these many years, and … Sandy Parker, who, with Karen, is a member of the Cadre of Eyeball-Numbing Nitpickery, without whom there would be many more errors in these books than there are; … my two agents, Russell Galen and Danny Baror, who together have achieved Great Things over the years, for Outlander and for me; … the fabulous Catherine MacGregor—multilingual translator par excellence, and the wonderful Cathy-Ann MacPhee and Madame Claire Fluet, who have provided most of the Gaelic and French expressions used in this book; also— … Adhamh O’Broin, who provided Amy Higgins’s Gaelic ant execration; and—
… kahentinetha bear, who was most helpful with the representations of kanienkehaka language and culture; and Eva Fadden, who provided advice and help with Mohawk dialogue for both this book and the Outlander TV show, and— … the many, many miscellaneous kind souls from social media who have contributed local geographical or historical observations, advice on spelling and pronunciation of words in languages I don’t speak, and helpful anecdotes—as well as hundreds of fabulous bee photos.
Also, a special thanks to Tina Anderson and Dr. Bill Amos, who each donated a large amount via auction at the Amelia Island Book Festival, for the furtherance of the Amelia Island Foundation’s educational goals （providing individually owned books to every child on the island）， and who in consequence are represented in this book as a.） a glamorous Savannah socialite, and b.） （by request） “a burly, black-haired Highlander.”
My apologies to all the people I’ve momentarily forgotten; you live in my heart and return （if sporadically） always to my memories.