Secret Language (34 page)
Authors: Monica Wood
for Anne Wood,
my guardian angel
For the time and space to write this book, I am happily indebted to the staff and crew at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and especially to my husband, Dan Abbott, who built me a room of my own.
Also by Monica Wood
My Only Story
Ernie’s Ark
About the AuthorMonica Wood is the author of two other works of fiction,
Ernie’s Ark
and
My Only Story
. Her short stories, some of which have been nominated for the National Magazine Awards, read on public radio, and awarded a Pushcart Prize, have been widely published and anthologized, most recently in
Glimmer Train
,
Confrontation
,
Manoa
, and
Best American Mystery Stories
. She is also the author of two books for writers,
The Pocket Muse
and
Description
. She can be reached at her Web site,
www.monicawood.com
.