The Dead I Know (19 page)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

T
HANKS TO
S
ARAH
B
RENAN
– part lion-tamer, part neurosurgeon – for exemplary guidance. Thanks to my godparents, Kevin and Annette Murphy, for a lifetime of kindness and generosity of spirit and for allowing me behind the scenes in the funeral industry. Thanks to Jo and Ena, Peepa, Barb, Ray and Reg – personal tutors in my quest for understanding about love and death.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SCOT GARDNER
is a critically acclaimed YA author, whose books have been shortlisted for several awards in his native Australia, including the CBC Awards and the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for Young Adults.
The Dead I Know
was published by Allen & Unwin in Australia in 2011; it is the first of his books to be published in Canada. Scot lives with his family in rural Victoria, Australia.