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SINCERE THANKS

  Special thanks to my editor, Anthony Szpak, who has been instrumental in creating this Perfect world. I’d also like to thank my father, Michael Tullius, and sister, Mary Nyeholt, for being the extra sets of eyes, catching errors and making sure it all makes sense.

  Thanks to Don Currie, whose conservation sparked “30-Day Program,” and to all the readers and reviewers for their support and encouragement.

  Linda Moore

  Maria Schockling

  Jodi McMaster

  Cianna Reider

  Shelly Grininger

  Josef Hernandez

  Angela Rae

  Diane Watzek

  Shannon Ovalles

  Monique Ridenour

  Melissa Bruce

  Shanna Cushing

  Rebecca Dotson

  Chris Nicholson

  Glenn Hedden

  Michelle Gillhouse

  Jasmine Thompson

  Cheyann Reagan

  Fran Lewis

  Lori Spier

  Kathy Cunningham

  Janice Cipriano

  Michala Tyann

  Fred Hughes

  Daniel Teach

  Declan Garrett

  Mark Matthews

  Jyllian Roach

  Dianne Bylo

  Susan Cowling

  Deborah Sastroredjo

  Haven Strange

  Sandra Boyle

  Michael Inguagiato

  Sol Rodriguez

  Karen Bell

  Stephen Perigo

  Michael Poorman

  Kim Trotman

  Suzy Wilson-Uilelea

  Sarah Smith

  CS Zimmer

  Kyle Katai

  Nova Reylin @ myseryniti.com

  Nancy Morris

  Tracy Sanderson

  Randy Jackson

  Todd Barselow

  Lorraine Gonzalez

  Theresa H.

  Teresa Turner

  Annemieke

  Diane Taylor

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  I’m a father and a husband, a brother and a son. I’m an Ivy League grad who worked in a warehouse, an MMA fighter with too many defeats. I’m the bouncer and bodyguard, the drunk guy in the fight. The jailer and the jailed, the guilty and innocent.

  I’m a writer shaped by influences, too many to count. I grew up on King and Koontz while force-fed the Bible. I narrate Dr. Seuss and Disney nearly every night. Like you, I've seen things I wished I hadn’t, heard some truths I won’t forget.

  Writing is my heavy bag, the sparring partner that doesn’t punch back. It’s where I shed my armor and cast off the blindfold, take a look at myself and the world around me. The writing takes me wherever it wants. Dark alley or dinner table, classroom or morgue. I go along for the ride and try to capture the moment, show life like it is.

  EXCERPT FROM TRY NOT TO DIE: AT GRANDMA’S HOUSE

  An interactive graphic novel by

  Mark Tullius and Anthony Szpak