Parlor Games (54 page)

I would like to thank some of the many people who assisted and supported me on this project: for her wisdom and sure guiding hand, Jessica Morrell; Bill Brooks for believing in me all these years; for her spot-on and inspiring critiques, Cynthia Whitcomb; the wonderful women in my writing group for teaching me so much about writing—Kimberly Gadette, Joyce Lekas, Darlene Pagan, Kathlene Postma, and Naseem Rakha; for assistance obtaining newspaper accounts of the 1917 trial, Amber Allard of Spies County Library; Elsa Ramo, for her legal advice; and Menominee-area resident Janet Callow, eminent expert on the life of May Dugas, for sharing her research. Special thanks go out to my dynamite agent, Stephanie Cabot, her terrific assistant, Anna Worrall, and my most amiable
and excellent editor at Doubleday, Melissa Danaczko. I must recognize my life partner, Deborah Zita, researcher extraordinaire, who unearthed innumerable details for this novel. I am grateful to her for gracefully enduring my own writing adventures and misadventures over the years.

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About the Author

Maryka Biaggio, a former psychology professor, has many scholarly publishing credits to her name, but
Parlor Games
is her debut novel. Maryka now splits her time between creative writing and higher-education consulting work. She travels extensively, for both work and pleasure, is crazy about opera, and enjoys gardening, art films, and, of course, great fiction. She lives in Portland, Oregon, that edgy green gem of the Pacific Northwest.

Visit:
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