David Gatewood: thanks for the incredible job editing. Your suggestions made the novel so much better and your eye for detail saved me from a lynching on the internet (or at least reduced the number of lashes). Visit www.lonetrout.com to learn more about David’s work.
Several early readers and subject matter experts made suggestions and provided guidance that significantly improved Pandemic. They are: Sylvie Delézay, Carole Duebbert, Kathleen Harvey, Fran Mason, and Lisa Weinberg.
I am grateful to Hannah Siebern, a friend and fantastic German author, who helped advised me on the German language passages.
I am indebted to my fantastic group of beta readers, who caught things I never would have seen. They are: Lee Ames, Judy Angsten, Jeff Baker, Jen Bengtson, Kari Biermann, Paul Bowen, Jacob Bulicek, Robin Collins, Sue Davis, Michelle Duff, Skip Folden, Kay Forbes, Marnie Gelbart, Lisa Gulli Popkins, Mike Gullion, Aimee Hess, Justin Irick, Ajit Iyer, Kris Kelly, Karin Kostyzak, Matt Lacey, Cameron Lewis, Kelly Mahoney, Nick Mathews, Kristen Miller, Kim Myers, Amber O’Connor, Cindy Prendergast, Katie Regan, Dave Renison, Teodora Retegan, Lionel Riem, Chris Rowson, Andy Royl, John Schmiedt, Andrea Sinclair, Christine Smith, Duane Spellecacy, Phillip Stevens, Paula Thomas, Gareth Thurston, Tom Vogel , Ron Watts, Sylvia Webb, and Lew Wuest.
I am continually inspired by the intellect and curiousity of these readers: Michael Alaniz, Shannon Barker, Roe Benjamin, Matthew Blaquiere, Emily Bristol, Tom Buckner, James Burge, Jim Burns, Sarah Cartwright, Stephania Cheng, Jim Critchfield, Dan Davis, Kevin Davis, Robert Defibaugh, Norma Fritz, Tim Gallagher, Kelley Green, Corey Guidry, Michael “mooP” Haymore, Jonathan Henson, Brandon Holt, Rodney Keith Impey, Alex Jones, Josh Kling, Louis Laeger, Mark Lalumondier, Logan Lykins, Timothy Mak, Stephen Maxwell, Carrie McNair, Steve McNaull, Henry A. Mitchell III, Elias Nasser, Najar Ramsada, Joshua Ramsdell, Gabriele Ratto, Ryan D. Reid, Ignaty Romanov-Chernigovsky, Mandie Russell Clem, Alfred Sadaka III, John Schulz, Nicolò Sgnaolin, Jack Silverstein, Vojtěch ?imonka, Antonio Sonzini, Josh Sutton, Matt Tobin, Joshlyne Villano, Maegan Washburn, Ryan White, and Raymond Yep, Jr.