A Checklist for Murder
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The indefatigable Mary Lu Murphy, official court reporter on the Peernock case, was most gracious in allowing access to many volumes of her court transcripts.
Literary agents Al Zuckerman and Todd Wiggins of the Writers House in New York City matched my belief in this story with their own, then performed their prestidigitation in the marketplace with such élan as to make it look easy.
Editor Shawn Coyne gave the story an enthusiastic home. He applied keen editorial skill and his knowledge of the truecrime genre to the honing of the final manuscript. Jacob Hoye shepherded it into galley form and finally on to publication.
And evergreen thanks to personal counselors Laurel Rose, Lynn Benner, Ken Olfson, and Joan Lightfoot, as well as to writer Stewart Stern and to psychology instructor Bill House. Along with Elva Johnson and her magical kitchen roundtable, their generous expressions of belief and support created miniature versions of themselves who became perpetual residents in my own inner gallery—an unseen circle of fellow travelers who showed up just in time.
A better Grandfamily is not to be found.
PARTING THANKS
to Napoleon Tunafart and The Flashy Boy
for demonstrating jail-break techniques,
to Miss Kitty
for her sensuous lap dancing, and
to Ellie ’n’ Sham
for lovely background vocals
throughout so many of those long, long nights.
Happy trails
Anthony Flacco attended Missouri State University and received an M.F.A. degree in screenwriting from the American Film Institute. He has written numerous plays, musicals, and screenplays and has acted in both plays and musicals in Chicago and New York. He currently lives in California. This is his first book.
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