Compass Rose (49 page)

My agent, Michael Carlisle, peacekeeper.

My editor, Carol Janeway, necessary challenger and longtime friend.

Stephen Jones, Lenny Chesney, and Wiliam Tongue for information about the sea.

Sam Droge and John Rowlett for information about birds.

Robin Fray Carey and Carolina Reid for information about social media.

The University of Virginia and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference for employment and collegiality.

Peter Taylor, Kurt Vonnegut, Vance Bourjaily, William Maxwell, and Hubert Butler—mentors.

My wife, Rosamond Casey; my daughters Maud Casey, Nell Casey, Clare Casey, and Julia Casey—the basis of my life.

John Casey was born in 1939 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the University of Iowa. His novel
Spartina
won the National Book Award in 1989. He lives with his wife in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he is a professor of English literature at the University of Virginia.