I must start with the people who mean the world to me, who inspire me to push myself, and who ultimately make everything worthwhile. I’m talking about my wife, Sally, and daughters, Eri and Bel. Everything I do starts and ends with these three ladies.
Thanks of course must go to the Manning team. I know it extends beyond the people I’m about to name, so if you were involved in any way then thank you! Here are the people I have personally dealt with.
Right from the beginning there was Robin de Jongh who was instrumental in getting the project started and also in shaping the book. And many thanks to Bert Bates for providing great insight and challenging me to justify my thinking and opinions from an early stage. Those were fun conversations.
Crucial to the momentum and feel of the book were my developmental editors, Susie Pitzen, Susanna Kline, and Karen Miller. And of course my technical developmental editor, Marius Butuc. Thanks all for sharp eyes, great ideas, and positive feedback.
The next two people really impressed me with their amount of effort and attention to detail. So thank you Kevin Sullivan and Jodie Allen for the copyediting and proofing, and for staying on top of everything under increasingly short timeframes.
Last but by no means least for the Manning team is Candace Gillhoolley, who has been keeping up the marketing pace on the book, giving me the sales numbers to maintain my motivation.