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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SAMANTHA HAYWOOD, an extraordinary agent and friend. Trena White, a skilled and dedicated editor, and the team at Douglas & McIntyre. My family: Martin Knelman, Bernadette Sulgit, and Sara Knelman. Catherine Osborne, who sent me to investigate a local art gallery burglary; Tom Fennell, who edited the Walrus feature; and Christopher Flavelle, who fact-checked that feature. Jess Atwood Gibson, and the Pelee Island sessions. Rachel Harry, who lent me her courage. For guidance and support: Siri Agrell, Shelley Ambrose, Garvia Bailey, David Berlin, Sarah Cooper, Antonio De Luca, Hilary Doyle, John Fraser and Massey College, Graeme Gibson, Jeremy Keehn, Judith Knelman, Deborah Kirshner, Douglas Knight, Anna Luengo, Dave McGinn, Erin Oke, Sylvia Ostry, Jeff Parker, Martin Patriquin, Eric Pierni, Richard Poplak, Rosalind Porter, Graham Roumieu, Bernard Schiff, Jack Shapiro, Paul Wilson, Fiona Wright. The works of Michael Mann and of David Simon, for structure and inspiration. Terence Byrnes, my teacher. Marci McDonald, an investigative journalist who leads by example. Margaret Atwood, for wisdom, and who told me at the right moment: “The only way out is through.” Most of all, thank you to those who were generous with their time and allowed me extensive access to their lives and thoughts, without whom this book would not exist: Bonnie Czegledi, Ricardo St. Hilaire, Richard Ellis, Donald Hrycyk, and Paul Hendry.
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JOSHUA KNELMAN is an award-winning journalist and editor. He was a founding editorial member of The Walrus magazine, and his writing has appeared in Toronto Life, Saturday Night, the National Post, and the Globe and Mail. Knelman’s feature article “Artful Crimes” in The Walrus won a gold National Magazine Award. Knelman is also the co-editor of Four Letter Word: New Love Letters, which has sold in ten countries. He lives in Toronto.