Max Baker: Guardian of the Ninth Sector (27 page)

To my wonderful wife Lane (thanks for making me go to bed), Steph Murray and Marlene Castricato for believing in Max Baker, Sheldon Reid: King of Edits, Rose Moore, the Brown family, the Stracener family, the Whitham family, the Bell family, my Opryland brethren: Mike Flynn, Nick Heflin, Wild Wayne, T-Rex, Eric Ramey, Shawn “Baby Carrot” Grenley, Jeremy Roney, Steve Henry, the Purucker family, the Grim family, Pritpal Singh, Jeff Oakman, and Dustin Owens.

A very special thanks to Derek Britton and NothingisOriginal Designs

Matthew Cronan’s love affair with writing developed during high school and the two have been happily involved since.  His influences include Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, and Douglas Adams.  He spends his days being a hospitality superhero and moonlights at night writing about them.  He resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his amazing wife Lane and rescue-pup Sam.