Black Thursday (23 page)

acknowledgments

Many thanks to Terri Bischoff, Nicole Nugent, Beth Hanson, and everyone else over at Midnight Ink for the opportunity to bring Mrs. Frugalicious to life.

Thank you to Josh Getzler and Danielle Burby at HSG for their ongoing enthusiasm, ideas, and support.

Thank you to my friends, fellow writers, and ever-supportive family who helped make this book and my career possible in a million different ways: Ben LeRoy, Cary Cazzanigi, Margie and Bob Moskowitz, Bill Joffe, Elizabeth Heller, Patricia Heller, Julie Heller, the Hulls, the Mitchell/Hendrickson/Springer/Moskowitz gang, Carleen Evanoff, the Goldsmith Family, Jennee and Bob Julius, Wendy Kelly, Keir Graff, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and the Rocky Mountain chapter of Mystery Writers of America.

A special thank you to my Black Friday shopping gang: Julie Goldsmith, Claire Goldsmith, Abby Mitchell, Brooke Stevens, and Evan Hull.

The greatest thanks, as always, to Andrew, Evan, Eliza, and, especially, Brandon.

about the author

Linda Joffe Hull is a graduate of UCLA. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and children. Linda is a longtime member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and currently serves on the national board of Mystery Writers of America. You can visit her online at LindaJoffeHull.com.

Author photo © Impact Images.