Evidence of Things Not Seen (23 page)
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Authors: Lindsey Lane
Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Social Issues, #Emotions & Feelings, #Visionary & Metaphysical, #Lifestyles, #Country Life
A writer needs a cache of people she can call with the odd question. Thankfully, all these folks were willing to pick up the phone and answer my e-mails: Chris Bratton, Rod Davis, Tomas Salas, Susanna Sharpe, Brian Anderson, Tim Crow, Cassandra Ricks, Carol Ann Sayle and Larry Butler, John and Medora Barkley, Paul MacNamara and all the guys at Central Machine Works, Libbey Aly at the Blanco Chamber of Commerce, and Beth Boggess at the National Center of Farmworker Health.
I am the luckiest person to have the biggest support system of nears and dears in the world: that means you. Every conversation has mattered.
Two sections in this novel require specific thank-yous:
In 1997, journalist Denise Gamino wrote a compelling
Austin American-Statesman
article about Lela and Raymond Howard who wandered away from their home in Salado. Her reporting inspired “The Last Dance.”
A huge debt of gratitude goes to
Austin Chronicle
editor Louis Black, who believed in me as a writer and sent me to interview Karla Faye Tucker at the Gatesville Prison with the amazing documentary photographer Alan Pogue. “Lost” is the result of his faith.
Finally, I want to express my deep appreciation to Erin Murphy and the community that is EMLA as well as to Joy Peskin and all the folks in the Flatiron Building. Thank you for saying “Yes.”
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