Obsessed (28 page)

With this book, we needed a lot of expert help to get the technical details right. We are grateful to Jonathan M. Levin, M.D., of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital; Francine M. Benes, M.D., Ph.D., and George Tejada, M.S., of the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center; Carolyn Kraut Roth, William Faulkner, Karen Rich, and Vera Miller, who generously shared their expertise in MRI safety; D. P. Lyle, M.D., author of
Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers,
and Joseph Kennedy, M.D. Any errors are solely our own.

Thanks also to Bruce Cohen, M.D., Sumi Verma, M.D., Cindy Lepore, Adriana Bobinchock, and McLean Hospital for their support. Also thanks to Steve Feldman, Gus Rancatore, and Kevin Brown. To fellow writers: Linda Barnes, Connie Biewald, Maggie Bucholt, Kate Flora, Carolyn Heller, Naomi Rand, Pat Rathbone, Sarah Smith, and Donna Tramontozzi. Special thanks to editor Jonathan Ostrowsky. To Michael Getz and the folks at Illumina Interactive for nurturing our Web site at
www.peterzak.com
.

To Louise Quayle for getting all of this started and to Gail Hochman for getting us to the finish line. And to our editor, Kelley Ragland, for her steady encouragement and support.

And special thanks to our spouses, Susan and Jerry, for their love and support, and for the time and space that writing takes.