Acknowledgments

The first thank-you has to go to the 63 MVPs who wrote and edited this book, and to their families, and in some cases their employers, for supporting them in the effort.

To my fellow editors, Louis Davidson, Greg Low, Brad McGehee, Paul Nielsen, Paul S. Randal, and Kimberly L. Tripp, who went above and beyond the call to make sure their sections contained quality content: thank you.

To Marjan Bace, our publisher, thank you for helping us refine the original concept, supporting the project from the very first day of Volume 1, and partnering with us.

To Michael Stephens, Cynthia Kane, Liz Welch, Linda Recktenwald, Mary Piergies, Barbara Mirecki, Candace Gillhoolley, Ozren Harlovic, Marija Tudor, and the rest of the team at Manning Publications—thanks for believing in this project and sticking with it to the end.

A big thanks to Victor Isakov, Dave Dustin, Aaron Nelson, Denis Gobo, and Mike Walsh for contributing their time as technical editors. Your help was invaluable! And a huge showering of gratitude to Stacia Misner, Jen Stirrup, Rob Farley, and Robert Pearl who stepped up at the last minute to help us deal with an unexpected crunch!

To the reviewers who read early versions of the manuscript and provided helpful feedback: Amos Bannister, Nikander Bruggeman, Margriet Bruggeman, Dave Corun, Sanchet Dighe, Richard Handloff, Peter Lee, Massimo Perga, Richard Siddaway, Ian Stirk, and Deepak Vohra.