The Mathematician’s Shiva (31 page)

My wife, Holly Welstein, encouraged me throughout the writing of this book. Editing and comments by her, Claire Rojstaczer, Jean Bahr, Rudy Bahr, Carol Booth, David Booth, Barb Gaal, Steve Ingebritsen, Hugon Karwowski, Bill Leidy, Gabriella Safran, Boris Vladimirsky, Gloria Welstein, and Michael Wex greatly improved the manuscript. Dan Menaker generously took the time to encourage and promote my early fiction writing and has always provided sage advice. My agent, Henry Dunow, and my editors, Julie Miesionczek and Lindsey Schwoeri, provided pitch-perfect suggestions and championed this book through to publication.