Where the Forest Meets the Stars(95)

My brother Dirk Vanderah, a talented paramedic, provided information about gunshot wounds and emergency medical support. I am so very sorry that he did not live to see this book.
I would like to acknowledge Andrew V. Suarez, Karin S. Pfennig, and Scott K. Robinson whose study of indigo buntings in edge habitats provided the scientific basis of Joanna’s research.
Infinite thanks and love to Cailley, William, and Grant for their patience while I wrote and for inspiring Ursa’s big heart, brilliance, and imagination.
Finally, more gratitude and love to Scott. His encouragement has been steadfast from the start, when the bird biologist he’d known for many years unexpectedly became obsessed with writing fiction. Thank you, Scott, for your extraordinary and often exasperating optimism.