ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A number of people contributed to the final version of Hoode. First and foremost is fellow writer and friend Oz Drummond, who followed the progress of the draft over many months and then set aside her own novel-in-progress for several weeks to work with me during revisions as beta reader and continuity editor, chapter by chapter, via text, email, and even Zooms. Thank you more than I can say for helping locate the true path for Thomas once again. This book would not exist without you.
Next, my thanks to author Rick Wilber who, during an early online conversation about the book, said, “You’re including the caves of Nottingham, right?,” which in turn led me to Sandstone Caves of Nottingham by Tony Waltham, an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to write about medieval Nottingham (or learn about the oldest pub in England). Similarly, A Palace for Our Kings by James Wright (Nottinghamshire Local History Association) proved to be a critical study and depiction of the King’s Houses (now generally known as King John’s Palace).
And finally, as always, to my ever-tenacious agent, Marie Lamba, and to my editors on this volume, Toni Weisskopf and David Butler, for fine-tuning Thomas throughout.