True Heroes

by Shannon Hale

  Thank you to all my family, Mom and Dad, mother- and father-in-law, and everyone else who has believed in me and made this a success.

  Huge thanks to Amanda Flamm for helping me with this project from the beginning. Thank you for taking a chance on my crazy idea to make the dreams of cancer fighters come true. You and the wonderful people of Millie’s Princess Foundation gave so much time to this project, and for that we will always be grateful.

  Thanks to the ACB team and all of your hard work and dedication to this project: Elizabeth Diaz (Project Manager), Kristen Hackett (Operations Director), Lindsay Moore (Art Director), Andrea Terry (Social Media), Kristen Larsen (Dream Maker), and Cathy Krimme (Accountant).

  Huge thanks to the following individuals for giving so much of their time to this project: Amanda Flamm, Brady Flamm, Lisa Teran, Ashley Alhquist, Elizabeth Flamm, Christine Bowman, Brett Bergener, Scott Windes, and Andres and MerriLyn Diaz.

  This book would not be possible without the extremely talented authors who gave of their time and talents to make this book truly spectacular: Stephen R. Andrews, Frank L. Cole, Ally Condie, Kristyn Crow, Peggy Eddleman, Linda Gerber, Sharlee Glenn, Shannon Hale, Clint Johnson, Sara B. Larson, Brandon Mull, Chad Morris, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Lehua Parker, Bobbie Pyron, J. Scott Savage, Liesl Shurtliff, Adam Glendon Sidwell, Jess Smiley, Ilima Todd, and Tyler Whitesides.

  A huge thank-you to our sponsors and donors: Millie’s Princess Foundation, Operation Kids, Timm Hilty and the Silver Queen Art Gallery, Bergener and Associates, James Bergener, Lee Byram, Patti Hodson, Megan Nielsen, LaNeece Flamm, Nico Snow Tibbels, Karen Byers, Jennifer Preston, Frank Ball and Preston Tait, Michael Powell, Shawne and Ian Schorvitz, Ryan and Kristen Hackett, Robert and Carol Warren, George and Diane Bruschke, Kim Snider, Sabrina, Rache and Eric Schmidt, Kathlene Metcalf, Denise Garcia, Dan and Georgie Molinsky, Pam Kern, Hyland Cyclery, Mark Goodman, Cam Wood, Eddie Buckley, BNI Goldmine, Seven Times Seven, Persnickety Clothing Company, Thomas Arts, Dan Farr, Susan Cottrell, Sweet Tooth Fairy, Jylaire Thorell, FinFun, Skull Candy, Pat Carver, iFly Utah, Jon Bird and the Salt Lake City Dragons, Colton Satterfield, John Bethers, and Ramp Riot.

  The following people gave a ton of time to make the images truly stand out:

  For costumes, thank you to Rebecca McKinney, Lindsay Moore, Jeremy Bird, David Powell, Kyle Moore, and Erika Butler.

  For hair and makeup, thank you to Jillian Joy, Danielle Donahue, Mary Cruz Horne, Suzanne Gallegos, Marci Briggs, and Valecia Sarmento.

  For props, thank you to Denise Wagaman, Jesse Grabowski, Heather Donahue, and Christine Winn.

  For video production, thank you to Holly Tuckett, Thomas Arts, Jade Teran, Nate Sorensen, and Tahlee Scarpitti.

  For allowing us to use their wonderful locations, thank you to John and Amy Garff, Salt Lake City Comic Con, Dan Farr, Heidi Dunfield, Jon Briggs, Utah Jazz, Gayle Miller, Greg Miller, Richard Smith, United Fire Authority Station 104, United Fire Authority fire training, Brian Anderton, Doug Hannay, Thayne Stembridge and family, Black Diamond Gym, Holly Brain, University of Utah football team, Jeff and Nancy Flamm, Creative Arts Academy of Utah, Craig and Bev Hackett, Rocky Mountain Raceway, Wasatch Indoor Bike Park, Rockin’ D Ranch, Maritime Museum of San Diego, Ben Ehlert, Mitch Stevens, and Jonny Patterson and the Dreamathon.

  Thank you to our models and photo assistants: Wasatch Renaissance Arts Foundation, University of Utah football team staff, Trevor Reilly, Jeremy Barton, Maddie Butler, William Taufoou, Jake Diaz, Tom Diaz, Ben Diaz, and Lucy Diaz.

  For web and logo design, thank you to Cause Brands, Avant8, Ross McGarvey, and Brian Fogelberg.

  For printing services, thank you to Nichols Photolab.

  And finally, huge thanks to the Shadow Mountain team—Laurel Christensen, Chris Schoebinger, Lisa Mangum, Rachael Ward, Shauna Gibby, and Richard Erickson—for taking a chance on this book and making it such a wonderful experience.