Super big thanks to the rest of my inner circle, who I bother for every book: Jim Day, Chris Eliopoulos, Jo Ayn Glanzer, Katy Greene, Denise Jaeger, Katriela Knight, Jason Sherry, Marie Grunbeck, Nick Marell, Pansy and Rob Price, Staci Schecter, Liz Sobel, and Maria Luisa Venusio; everyone at the USO and HISTORY, including Nancy Dubuc, Paul Cabana, Mike Stiller, and Russ McCarroll, for helping me find Zig and Nola, and of course, my family and friends, whose names forever inhabit these pages. Finally, major thanks to everyone in the military and veterans community, especially their family members. Your sacrifice is never forgotten.
More than two decades ago, my publishing life started at William Morrow and Rob Weisbach Books. So massive thanks to Rob Weisbach, for being the first to say yes. All these years later, I’m now right back when I began, and I couldn’t be more grateful. As a result, I need to thank everyone there for welcoming me home with such kindness and grace: Liate Stehlik, for being a leader who I trust and follow （you’ve truly been incredible）， Jennifer Hart, Kaitlin Harri, Sam Glatt, Kelly Rudolph, Christine Edwards, Stefanie Lindner, Carla Parker, Tessa James, dear old friends Andy LeCount, Sharyn Rosenblum, and Ian Doherty, as well as the kindest and hardest-working sales force in show business. I’ve said it before, and I’ll never stop saying it: they’re the real reason this book is in your hands. I need to add a final thank-you to David Highfill. Every book has a champion. He’s been far more than that to me. Let me say it as clearly as I can: he helps me be the writer I’ve always wanted to be. It means more than I can express, and I express for a living. Thank you, David, for your faith.
About the Author
BRAD MELTZER is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve thrillers including The Escape Artist, and nonfiction books such as The Lincoln Conspiracy and the Ordinary People Change the World series. He is also the host of the TV show Brad Meltzer’s Decoded on the History Channel. He lives in Florida with his wife and three children.
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