Wonders Never Cease (35 page)

Those familiar with UCLA Medical Center may not recognize some of my descriptions of the facility. That's because I visited UCLA to do my background research in January of 2008, five months before the doctors, nurses, and angels of UCLA made their move to the beautiful new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center just across the street.

A special word of thanks to my publisher and my agent who were forced to endure a novel wherein a publisher is portrayed as desperate and incompetent and an agent is described as a “bloodsucking parasite.” I know better—and please note that in chapter 1 writers are described as “basically pond scum.” Thanks for all your work, guys.