What Follows After: A Novel (32 page)

Acknowledgments

For starters, I want to thank my wife, Cindi. As always, I cherish her input and advice, reflected throughout these pages. Her memories of the years depicted in this story were a little sharper than mine and very helpful.

I also want to thank my editor and friend, Andrea Doering, for her valuable input. It’s a rare privilege in this business to be able to work with the same editor for so many books, especially an editor as talented as Andrea. I’m grateful for the entire staff at Revell, who make all the behind-the-scenes things happen. Folks like Twila Bennett, Michele Misiak, Robin Barnett, Claudia Marsh, Kristin Kornoelje, and so many others.

I want to thank my friend John Wills, for his expertise and help in all the scenes involving the FBI. John is also a fine author who’s won multiple awards for his novels, short stories, articles, and poetry. His forty-one years in law enforcement as a Chicago police officer, FBI agent, and use-of-force instructor have enabled him to use his experience to bring realism to his writing, and to help fellow writers like me get things right. John’s latest novel,
The Year Without Christmas
, released last October. Visit him at www.johnmwills.com.

On a local level, I want to thank Vince Clarida and several of the members down at the Halifax Historical Museum in Daytona Beach—people who lived and worked in the areas shown in
What Follows After
during the time of the story. Their memories and recollections were invaluable. I’d also like to thank my Word Weavers critique group in Port Orange, Florida, for their input on several chapters.

Lastly, to my fabulous agent and friend, Karen Solem, who takes such great care of me and helps me navigate through the ever-shifting maze of the publishing world. Her work sets me free to just write, which is what I love doing the most. I’m especially happy that she’s moved her agency, Spencerhill Associates, down here to Florida, just a few short hours from where I live.

Da
n Walsh
is the award-winning author of
The
Unfinished
Gift
,
The Homecoming
,
The Deepest Waters
,
Remembering Christ
mas
,
The Discovery
,
The Reunion
,
The Dance
, and
The Promise
. A member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Dan served as a pastor for twenty-five years. He lives with his family in the Daytona Beach area, where he’s busy researching and writing his next novel.