Orphans

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments Orphans would not exist without Ray Bradbury, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Herman Melville, The Ramones, Coen Brothers, Beck, Stan Lee or Walt Disney. Not that I am great friends with any of the above. Or friends at all actually. Given this, let me take a moment to express my gratitude to some people I do know—Mark Brand, Joseph Peterson, Mark Heineke, Susan Bean, Sean Allshouse and Adam Lawrence—for without them Orphans might just be an idea lacking a home, pages, a cover, and all the things that constitute an actual book. I am further indebted to Lavinia Ludlow, Amber Sparks, Samuel Sattin, Sal Pane and Sam Weller, superheroes all. And most finally, much love to my wife, Debbie, my mom, Judy, my brother, Adam, and my boys, Myles and Noah. While I may not write for them, I certainly couldn’t do it without them. ...