Minute Zero (28 page)

Minute Zero
would never have been written without the many people who helped me to fall in love with the beautiful nation of Zimbabwe. Mazvita Baba, Amai, Takudzwa, Tinashe, Blessing, and Biggie for your warmth and lifelong friendship. (Amai, you are greatly missed!) Andrew Meldrum and David Devlin-Foltz were influential early guides and still good friends. I’m grateful to Bobby Pittman, Bill Trombley, Charles Kenny, Markus Goldstein, and Kenneth Christian, who read early drafts and helped to make the story more readable and more realistic. Thanks to superagent Josh Getzler and Danielle Burby at HSG Agency. I’m tremendously grateful to my wise and coolheaded editor, Neil Nyren, and the amazing Putnam team, including Ashley Hewlett, Kate Stark, Elena Hershey, Alexis Welby, Anna Romig, Lydia Hirt, and Sara Minnich.

Most of all, boundless appreciation and love to Donna for your editorial clarity and eternal encouragement.
Ndinokuda!

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