A special thanks goes to Garrett Madison, eight-time Everest summiteer, and Kim Hess, 2016 Everest summiteer and Explorers Grand Slam hopeful, for taking the time to answer all my oddball author questions about the mountain. Steve Tickle, a longtime Everest Base Camp trekking leader with Namaste Trekking Expeditions, also tackled a slew of oddball questions for me. Dr. Diana Y. Paul, author and professor of Buddhist studies, was a huge help with religion questions. I’m also grateful to the authors and filmmakers of all the research materials I used in preparing to write this book, especially Alan Arnette and the wealth of information on his website and his real-time coverage during Everest climbing seasons. Mistakes and deviations from what I’ve learned from these sources are my own.
Thank you to my friends and family who read Leaving Everest’s predecessor, Lessons in Gravity, especially those who typically read in different genres or don’t read for leisure at all. Finally, to readers of Leaving Everest and Lessons in Gravity whom I don’t know in person: all of us have a finite amount of reading time (don’t I wish this was otherwise!), and it means a lot to me that you picked up a book by a new-to-you author and devoted hours of your precious reading time to my characters and stories.
About the Author
Megan Westfield grew up in Washington State, attended college in Oregon, and lived in Virginia, California, and Rhode Island during her five years as a navy officer. She is now a permanent resident of San Diego, along with her husband and two young children. Aside from writing and her family, her great passions in life are reading, candy, and spending lots of time outside hiking, skiing, camping, climbing, running, and biking.
Connect with Megan Westfield and learn more about her upcoming books at www.meganwestfield.com.
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Lessons in Gravity
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