Thank you to Pat Leslie (illustrator), Phil Hardt (my father and mentor- gene positive), Gayle Wilkenson (literary consultant).

Thanks also to these friends and translators: Paola Barbato (Italian), Yoko Aoki (Japanese), Adam Thompson (Japanese), Alan Thompson (French), Enoch Thompson -my loving husband (French), Laura Newsom (Spanish), Andrea Thompson (Spanish), Seth Thompson (Portuguese), Sarah and Roland Hecht (German), Joan Ahrens (Dutch), Hyun Ju Lee (Korean), and all others who have helped in any way.