Beyond the Stars: INEO (45 page)

A giant thanks to my husband, Rich, and my daughters, Jordan and Kendra, for encouraging my imagination. I appreciate your sharing my love of anything Space related. And an enormous thanks to my parents, Myrna and Tim for your undying support and for allowing me to talk about my writing obsession at length. Rich and Myrna, I treasure your opinions and editing help. Thank you for being my first readers and for joining me in my other world. Your honesty is appreciated and motivating.

To Miss Matia, my loving dog, who was with me when I wrote this book and seemed to understand everything. You were exquisite. I miss you and will always love you. Until we meet again ….

Thank you to the amazing staff at Createspace. I am especially grateful for the editors and their help in making the book shine. Rhadamanthus your advice and opinions were invaluable.

A warm thank you to Gene Meyers and Terry Martin of the Space Island Group for allowing me the use of their name as my heroine’s employer and for providing images used in the
Beyond the Stars
series. To learn more, visit
www.spaceislandgroup.com
.

Thank you to all the amazing people helping to advance our presence in Space. I wish you the greatest success!

A special thanks to my friends at Allegheny Valley Hospital. It’s a pleasure to be surrounded by such smart, kind, and witty people. I know how lucky I am.

Thank you Jaron Mitchell of 4 Pines Brewery for giving me permission to mention your Vostok “4 Pines Stout” Space beer in the book. The beer is specifically designed for consumption in Space and is produced jointly with Saber Astronautics Australia.

Thanks to Adam Block for providing the Space photo used on the back cover.

Thanks to Joshua Hudson of Dragonfly Digital Media for taking the author photos used in the book.

Thank you to all of my readers. I hope my books make for an entertaining break from your reality.

Kelly Beltz has a master’s degree in science with a concentration in nurse anesthesia from La Roche College, where she has taught in the anesthesia program. She is an entrepreneur and holds one US patent. Kelly currently works as a nurse anesthetist while pursuing her lifelong dream of writing. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two daughters.