"Mary Janice Davidson - Betsy 04 - Undead and Unreturnable" - читать интересную книгу автора (Davidson Mary Janice)

Undead andUnreturnable

MaryJaniceDavidson




In honor of my grandfather,

JohnOpitz ,

who taught me to do the best I could without complaint.

Which, like all important life lessons,

is lost on me.




Acknowledgments



First and forever I must, must, must thank my children, who are brilliant, charming, and deft at
entertaining themselves when Mom's locked in the office on deadline. They'd probably prefer my
company to a few lines in a book, but as always, their expectations are too high; I'm just not that good a
parent.



Another thousand thank-yous(to go with the kisses!) to my husband, Anthony, who came up with
"sinistermetrosexuality " and likes Betsy almost as much as he likes me. He puts up with the mood
swings, speechifying, and ear-cutting that is part and parcel of living with a mass-market paperback
author, and I adore him for it.



Thanks also to my PR person/best friend/evil sidekick JessicaGrowette , who I swear lies awake at night
thinking about how to get my name out there. Which is cool, if creepy.
 The Magic Widows, of course, must also be thanked. I learn something every Tuesday. Even better,
sometimes I retain it!



Special thanks to Carl Hiaasen, JohnSandford , andLaurell K. Hamilton for continually showing me how
it's done.