Lupus Rex (27 page)
Acknowledgments
D
UE THANKS
I offer to those who read this tale and gave invaluable feedback.
First to my wife Laura Cash: thank you for sticking with me through this process.
And then to Jonathan Oliver and everyone at Ravenstone and to my agent Shawna Morey with Folio Literary Management. To Lou Robin, who has been in my life since my birth.
I offer humble gratitude to Kate Etue, Carolyn Gibney and Deborah Wiseman. And special thanks to John Francis, Lauren Moore, Shane Ownby, Douglas Smith, Josh Havill, Rick Richter, Mark Steilper, Don Cusic, Conn Hamlett, Mike Lacey, and my son Joseph Cash who all made important contributions to this book.
Also to my children Annabelle and Jack—within your hearts anything is possible. I am willing to follow.
And thanks to the Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Public Library, The Weeping Willow Inn, Gary And Blennie Saylor, and the Skyhaven Airport.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T
HE ONLY SON
to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, John Carter Cash is a singer-songwriter and record producer. He is also the author of his mother’s biography,
Anchored in Love
. He is the writer of the children’s books
Momma Loves Her Little Son, Daddy Loves His Little Girl
and
The Cat in the Rhinestone Suit
, published by Simon & Schuster.
Lupus Rex
is his novel debut. John Carter Cash owns and operates the Cash Cabin Studio near Nashville, Tennessee. His production company is Cash Productions, LLC. He often performs and works in the studio with his wife laura Cash, who is an accomplished fiddle player and vocalist. John Carter Cash lives in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and is the father of three.