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Authors: Graham Brown
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And so, first I must thank my wife, Tracey - both for putting up with me to begin with and for all the things I’ve learned from you. Without you, this book would still be a poorly written first draft, gathering dust in a drawer somewhere. Also, thanks go out to all the friends and family who read those early drafts, particularly Larry and Shelly Fox (
gracias
, los Zorros); to Christopher Gangi, who is like a brother; to my actual brothers; and, of course, to my parents, who never stopped me from trying anything, even if it was dangerous or just a little crazy.
And, of course, a writer never feels like a writer until they’re published. None of which would have been remotely possible without my agent, the fantastic and amazing Barbara Poelle; how I was lucky enough to sit at your table, I’ll never know.
The same goes for Irene Goodman, Danny Baror and
the crew at Bantam Dell, beginning with my editor, Danielle Perez, whose suggestions and thoughts are so on point it seems she knows the characters better than I do. Thanks as well to Marisa Vigilante for her input and assistance and everyone else whose efforts went into making this happen.
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First published in the US in 2010 as
Black Rain
by Dell, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
Published in the UK in 2011 by Ebury Press, an imprint of Ebury Publishing
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Copyright © 2010 by Graham Brown
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