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I need to send a very special thanks to Mark Frauenfelder, who liked Monster Island so much he not only gave me a great review on Boing Boing, he then went and helped me get the book published. Cory Doctorow (also at Boing Boing) gave us another mention on Oct. 13th, which also helped.

John Oakes, my publisher, gets a big thank you, for taking a chance on all of us, one which I believe is going to pay off for everyone.

My wife Elisabeth needs to be thanked profusely. Maybe we could have a receiving line. In a year when death and destruction stopped being the proper subject of fiction and became far too real she stood by me. At times when she had her own worries she never stopped cheering me on. When I told her I had a book deal she cried tears of joy--how can you ask for more than that?

And finally (yes, finally) we need to thank Alex once again. Everyone started clapping... NOW! Hey, I think I heard you all the way over here. Alex made this thing happen with his own two hands. I just wrote about zombies. I would have written about zombies anyway. Alex turned this thing into the culmination of my life's story. I've been writing for twenty-one years, if you can believe it, but nothing of any note happened until I met Alex. Thanks, Alex!

Okay, okay, dry your eyes and let's move on. There are blogs to be written and guerilla marketing tactics to be tactified. See you all very soon!

Sincerely, David Wellington