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Down City: A Daughter’s Story of Love, Memory, and Murder by Leah Carroll
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby
Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind by Jaime Lowe
To my father, David Michael Carr, a ping-pong, dumpling, typing enthusiast who instilled curiosity in me above all else.
To my girl gang: Jill, Meagan, Madeline.
Look how far we’ve come.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I could not and would not have written this without you, Dad. Your work, emails, and Gchats have sustained me and will continue to do so.
To my smart, sharp, and yet so kind editor, Pamela Cannon: You saw something in that Medium piece that started this journey. I learned so much from working on this with you. I think my dad would have liked your edits.
I need to do a heartfelt and perhaps-too-loud clap for the instantly winning and charming Meg Thompson. You made me believe I could do this, and it was your early line edits that got me through. An additional heartfelt thank-you to Kiele Raymond at Thompson Literary Agency who helped in countless ways. Thank you for your time and thoughtfulness regarding this manuscript.
To Jill: I love you.
To Maddie: There is no one like you.
To Meagan: This book was written for you. We have had quite a life.
To Mom: I know this is hard; thank you for understanding.
To Derek Stump: Thank you for your help with the Medium piece and the early drafts of these chapters. I am excited to read your book one day.
To William Patrick: You, too, have a myth.
To Jessica Nordell: Your notes meant the world to me.
To Leah Carroll: I hung up your early encouragement on my wall.
To the Carr family: John, Joe, Missy, Lisa, and Jim.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lena Dunham, A. O. Scott.
Sheila Nevins and Sara Bernstein. Docuwitches for life!
Andrew Rossi: I love making movies with you and our team/family. You teach me how to be a better journalist, director, and friend.
Moving pictures: Andrew Coffman, Bryan Sarkinen, Alison Byrne, Ian Hultquist, Kate Novack, Neil Cohen, Sarah Gibson, Jen Maylack, Alex Gibney, Rob Booth, Shane Sigler, Richard Levengood, Stacey Offman, Brian McGinn, Janet Pierson, Bethany Haynes.
Jasper Lin, Erin Tonken, Diana Lauren Gonzalez-Morett, Jeremy Barr, Zoe Miller, Tim Cheng, Macaela Sears, Hamilton Nolan, Matt Yoka, Patricia Bosworth, Justin Reed, Kathleen Flood, Jake Grupp, Sophie Saint Thomas, Rhana Natour, Bruce Orwall, Anna Reinhart, Vicki Davis, Amy Emmerich, Heather McCabe, Chris Russo, Elise Furer, Solange Lasso, Katie Drummond, Maxine Presto, Malcolm Harris, Katherine Lanpher, Lam Thuy Vo, Ariella Abuaf, Cora Engelbrecht, Michael Borrelli, Mel Clark, Faith Gaskins, Liz Horowitz, Jeff Aldrich, Danielle Neftin, John Otis, Kenyatta Matthews, Yana Collins Lehman, and Jenna Wortham.
Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House, Medium.
To anyone who has ever agreed to sit down for an interview with me. I know what it feels like now.
To Yunna, my muse and cheerleader: You are one of the smartest, most empathic people I know. You root for others and that is a rarity. I root for you, today and always. Plus you got me to love beets!
YOU (for reading this; now go write someone you love an email).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ERIN LEE CARR is a director, producer, and writer based in New York City. Named one of the “30 Under 30” most influential people in media by Forbes, Carr most recently directed At the Heart of Gold, about the USA Gymnastics scandal, and I Love You, Now Die, about the Michelle Carter murder-by-texting trial, both for HBO. She also directed “Drug Short,” an episode of Netflix’s critically acclaimed series Dirty Money. All That You Leave Behind is her debut book. See lives in New York City, where she enjoys petting dogs on the street.
erinleecarr.com
Twitter: @erinleecarr
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