Hone

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would not have made it to our publisher without the tireless and multifaceted work of Megan Buskey – or at least not on time and in a coherent format. Our editor, Eben Harrell, also worked relentlessly to improve the product and make two guys who think very similarly but communicate starkly differently sound like roughly one voice. Immense thanks to both of you in particular.

Sue Nersessian lived the entire journey with us, providing terrific input and keeping us from doing anything stupid. Meghan Stark, Anita Soucy, Julia Talvas, Krissy Loughran, Kristine Orbrecht, Marc Cohen, and John Treiber also kept us out of stupid territory – thank you for your careful reviews. Derek Pankratz led our research team, which included Mildreth Campos, Rafael Delatorre, Shefi Gupta, Maria Downing, and Julius Tapper. We were lucky that Kat Jiwani agreed to reprise her role as “Copyedit Queen,” with Mildreth also providing copyediting support.

Terra Sorensen helped manage the whole operation, especially as we got the project off the ground. Colleen LeMay and Grace Guttierez made sure that Geoff and Steve, respectively, had time and headspace to put toward writing, even as the urgency of day‐to‐day responsibilities remained unabated. Thank you all for making sure this adventure did not wander off track.

Tom Fishburne has once again saved our readers thousands of words with his illustrations – and likely provided them some well‐earned breathing room in the midst of all ...