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I am also indebted to my agent, Janell Walden Agyeman of Marie Brown and Associates, for her never-flagging patience, faith and persistence, to my assistant, Judi Smith, for always sweating the small stuff, and to my editor, Doug Seibold of Agate Bolden, for understanding—and occasionally reminding me—that good enough is never good enough.

Finally, I would be remiss if I did not mention my wife of more than 30 years, Marilyn, and our family, for their understanding, support and bottomless love.

For all those things, I gratefully thank all those people. For everything else, I gratefully thank God.

Leonard Pitts, Jr.
was born and raised in Southern California and now lives in suburban Washington, DC, with his wife and children. He won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his syndicated column, which appears in more than 200 newspapers, and has won numerous other journalism awards. He is the author of several books, including the novel
Before I Forget
(Agate Bolden, 2009).