Acknowledgments
Many people have supported our work in writing this book. We thank Brill | Sense, our publisher, and our editors, John Bennett and Jolanda Karada, for supporting our efforts to bring this book to the public, and we individually acknowledge the following people as instrumental to our successfully completing the project.
Ruth Gannon Cook: I would personally like to thank my husband Michael and daughter Danielle for their unending support and patience while it took so long to write this book. I would also like to thank Kathryn Ley for being a great partner in this book and for all of our collaborations over the three years it took to write it.
Kathryn Ley: I thank my wonderful spouse Douglas for continuous, loving support and enduring patience in my scholarly pursuits. I gratefully thank Ruth for encouraging and inviting me to co-author this volume and for enabling me to see the signs.