Allan Schwartz, my lawyer, and his assistant, Pie Walker—thank you for helping to make this book possible.
I want to thank my wonderful literary agent, Dan Conaway, and the incredibly smart, creative and patient Taylor Templeton and Julie Trelstad for their indispensable help and advice in putting this e-book together. I couldn’t—and wouldn’t—have done it without all of you. You have my undying gratitude.
Norman Brokaw, chairman and CEO of William Morris, my friend, and my guide, and his assistants Mary Feinberg, Linda Pollack-Violante, and Dana Schelette; and also Maggie, who kindly turned her house over for this effort. Joni Evans and her assistant, Sarah Rosen, for all your hard work above and beyond the call of duty. William Novak, who helped out of sheer goodness. Esther Newberg; her assistant, Jack Horner; and Victor Kovner, who cheered us on from the wings.
Viking Penguin: Pamela Dorman and Barbara Grossman, I can never adequately thank you for your vision, support, and unflagging belief in this project. I’d also like to applaud the editorial team who worked overtime and beyond: Susan Hans O’Connor; Victoria Wright, our transcriber; Mervyn Keizer; Dot McMahon, photo researcher; in-house counsel Karen Mayer and Maura Wogan of Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz; copyeditor Jolanta Benal, and Cynthia Achar, Roni Axelrod, Paul Buckley, Leigh Butler, Hal Fessenden, Kate Griggs, Cathy Hemming, Patti Kelly, Laurie Rippon, Teddy Rosenbaum, and Jaye Zimet. Special thanks to Phyllis Grann and Michael Lynton. I’m so proud of our team, who pulled together to make the vision come true. Thank you.
Judith Forman, my lawyer and dear friend, and her assistant, Ruth Becker—how did you put up with me? My gratitude is boundless. Thank you so much for all you’ve done. Mark Fleischer and Susan Fleischer—you were balm on an aching soul. You’re wonderful. Allen Edwards and Eugenia West—my hair and my face—thank you. Roz Dauber, my “oldest” friend—I mean my only childhood friend. Thank you for being there for me. So who woulda thunk it, Rozzie? Jon, my brother—could there ever be a better brother? Brother, confidant, therapist, you name it, that’s what you’ve been to me, through thick and thin, all my life. I love you, Jonnie. Lynn Reed—my best friend, sister for life. I swear we were separated at birth. You were there through some of my darkest hours. Could I have made it without you? I don’t know, and I’m glad I didn’t have to find out. I don’t think anyone ever owed a friend more. All my love and gratitude to you, Marc, and Matthew.
Mitchell Kashmar—how did I get so lucky to have found you? Your love and support got me through so many rough spots, not to mention the ordeal of writing this book. You’ve made my whole world brighter. I could write reams about it, but I’ll just say it this way: I love you.
Teresa Carpenter, Steven Levy, and Andrew Levy:
Teresa—I couldn’t have made a better choice. What you do is magic, nothing less. You are absolutely brilliant. Not to mention a wonderful person. Knowing you, working with you, has enriched me in ways I couldn’t have imagined. I want to thank you for all your hard work, but more than that, I want to thank you for coming into my life. I don’t have enough superlatives in my vocabulary to express my appreciation and my admiration for what you did, and for who you are. Steven Levy—what a pleasure it’s been to work with you and talk to you! I don’t know what we would have done without you. You came to our rescue when we needed it most. I can’t thank you enough for your help on this project. Man, you are good. And Andrew—thank you for loaning me your mommy. I know it’s been tough, but you’ve been a good sport and I’m going to make it up to you. I think it’s time for a trip to Disneyland, what do you say?
ENDNOTES
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Times here are more accurate than those given during previous testimony, as they were verified by our investigators using phone records.