The Keeper (33 page)
M
ore people than I can thank here offered their support in the creation of this book. I’m indebted to my tireless film agent, Sarah Self, for getting the ball rolling and keeping it that way; to my wise literary agent, Joe Veltre; and to my smart editor, Sarah Durand. A better bunch I couldn’t wish for.
Thanks also to my writing group (Dan Braum, Nick Kaufmann, PZ Perry, Stefan Petrucha, and Lee Thomas); the poor suckers/good sports who read
Keeper
in its various stages of undress (Dallas Mayr, Peter Straub, Maribeth Batcha, Cathleen Bell, Meg Giles, Rob Sutter); the folks at Chizine, especially Trish Macomber and Brett Savory; the HWA; Nick Mamatas; and Susan Kenney, Richard Russo, and Debra Spark at Colby College.
Finally, for their general good-eggedness, lots of thanks to JT Petty, who makes things better; Tim Carroll; Milda Devoe; Jon Evans; Michelle and Erik Gustavson; Marybeth Magee; Maura Maloney; Debbie Marcus; Laura Masterson; Margaret McDermott; Marianna McGillicuddy; Lori and Ryan Stattenfield; and the Langan and Henrich clans, particularly Mom and Dad, who never winced, even though they wanted to.
SARAH LANGAN
received her MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. She studied with Michael Cunningham, Nicholas Christopher, Helen Schulman, and Maureen Howard, among others, all of whom have been instrumental to her work. She is currently a master’s candidate in environmental medicine at NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. The Keeper is her first novel.
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THE KEEPER
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