Then there is my wife, Mary Ellen, who said that if I didn’t write the book, I’d probably end up hating myself. She was right. That’s also what she said about my first ten books. Heidi Newman, my personal editor, never caved until I rewrote every sentence she hated. There were lots of them.
Thanks to Shawn Coyne, my agent, for recognizing a good story and believing in it. My gratitude goes to Ann Treistman, my editor at Skyhorse publishing, for her insightful suggestions and patience in helping to make this book a reality.
And, of course, I extend my most profound appreciation to the tens of thousands of Barney fans who still tell me how much they miss him. They are not only the reason I wrote the book, but they are the reason there was a story to share in the first place.
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As determined by an independent Lab, his best friend.
