Authors: Heather Graham

Dying to Have Her (41 page)

Graham and the Slushpile Band playing the Memnoch the Devil Ball at the Undead Con in New Orleans, 2010.

Graham with dear friend, actor Doug Jones.

Graham (third from left) with F. Paul Wilson, R. L. Stine, Jon Land, and other friends at the seventh annual ThrillerFest, held in New York City, 2011. The authors participated in the “Be Book Smart” campaign organized by Reading Is Fundamental, the nation’s oldest and largest children’s literacy organization.

Graham (seated center) with her local Romance Writers of America group in Broward County, Florida, 2011.

Graham (second from left) with fellow authors Stephen Jay Schwartz, F. Paul Wilson, and Barry Eisler participating in a panel at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, Los Angeles, 2011.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Lance Taubold and Rich Devin, who have shared their casting and acting experiences in the field of daytime drama with me. Again, a deep note of thanks to Greg Marx. Any mistakes and misconceptions are my own. Also, once more, to the incredible Janet Leigh, whose beauty and grace inspired the first book, and therefore, the second.

Thanks, also, to the patient officers of the L.A. County police who were willing to answer so many questions.

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