Many people contributed to the creation of this fiction. To the following I owe a tremendous debt: Paul Sweet at the American Museum of Natural History; Ursula Munro at the University of Technology in Sydney; Chris Rimmer and Kent McFarland at Vermont Institute of Natural Science; John Phillips at Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Allison Sloan and New York City Audubon’s Project Safe Flight. Barry MacKay and Dale Dyer, Stephen Kimber for his work Flight 111, Dr. Kathy Dardeck, Jonathan Springer, Carol Mann for all her higher guidance. Thanks to Mohktar Paki, Jen Chen, Adam Levy, and Michael Finckel. The MacDowell Colony, the Corporation of Yaddo, and the Vermont Arts Council. Special gratitude to Nancy Zafris, Stephen Hubbell, Tim Miller, Lisa Dickey, Catherine Bush, Anna deVries, Alexis Gargagliano, and Betsy Lerner. And, as always, the ever-sage Nan Graham.

Finally, my deepest debt is to Dona Ann McAdams, copilot, partner in flight.

About the Author

BRAD KESSLER is the author of Lick Creek and The Woodcutter’s Christmas, as well as several award-winning children’s books. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and his work has appeared in numerous major periodicals, such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and The Nation.

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