creator comments

An enormous thank-you to my agent, Carly Watters at P.S. Literary — it’s a joy to have you on my team, and I’m looking forward to many more literary adventures with you!

I’m deeply indebted to my agent, Curtis Russell of P.S. Literary. Your brilliant editing and unflagging belief in this book deserve all the credit for it becoming a reality. Thanks for your steady hand on the wheel through the endlessly bumpy route to publication.

This book wouldn’t exist without Maria Vicente, who is key for taking my ‘wouldn’t these be cool?’ ideas and transforming them into the beginnings of a book. I’m forever grateful.

Thank you to my agent, Cecilia Lyra, for her editorial guidance, faith, and emotional support. CeCe, thank you for believing in this story from the beginning, for understanding its message, and for championing honesty and authenticity. Thank you for guiding me through every step of the publishing process, for believing in me and my potential as a novelist, and for constantly reminding me to believe in myself. None of this would have been possible without you. I am incredibly lucky to be represented by you. Thank you to the P.S. Literary Agency team, as well, for their work in helping bring this book into existence and for promoting it since its early stages.

Carly Watters, my agent, what can I say. I know that helping me write my book proposal was like trying to get blood from a stone, but somehow you managed without giving up on me. Trust me, there were a few points in that process when I thought that’s where the conversation was going to go. You’ve always had my back, you ferocious mama bear, and I am so grateful to have you on my side. Thank you.

Thank you to my agent, Carly Watters. I got supremely lucky the day you chose to represent me, and I will forever be grateful for all you’ve done for me and my career. I appreciate your guidance, dedication, and friendship.

As always, I would be nowhere without my incredible agent, Maria Vicente, who had faith in my writing long before I did. It’s been wonderful to watch her career blossom, and I’m so grateful to have her as my partner on this weird and wild writing journey.

To my agent, Claire Harris, thank you… You’re a rockstar and I’m so lucky to have you in my corner.

To my agent, Claire Harris, where to start? Thank you for believing me and my work, not only this manuscript but the one that came before and, hopefully, the ones that come after. While I could quite literally not do this without you, I would never even want to.

Thanks to Maria Vicente, an actual angel, for answering all my questions and taking such good care of me.

As always, I’m very grateful to have my incredible agent, Carly Watters, who is like a life coach, crisis negotiator, and financial advisor all in one.

To Carly Watters, you are the agent with the mostest; I am so thrilled to work with you. You make me feel supported and understood and helped shape the vision for Eat More Plants so it could become stronger. Thank you for believing in this project and in my ability to pull it off.

…to my agent, Curtis Russell of P.S. Literary Agency. Thank you for taking the phone calls when I was at my wit’s end and encouraging me to keep pressing forward. I appreciate your ongoing vote of confidence and your true advocacy for my work.

First, to my ridiculously cool and wonderful agent, Carly Watters, you have, quite literally, changed my life.

A big thank-you to my agent, Carly Watters, for always having my back and never giving up on me.

First, thank you to my agent, Carly Watters, who believed in me years ago when I pitched her the book that never actually got published. It’s meant a lot to have you in my corner and to know that even when I was beginning to lose faith in myself, you kept it. Our lives have changed a lot over the last half decade, but I’m so happy to still have you in mine.

First, to my agent, Curtis Russell of P.S. Literary Agency. You took a chance on an unsolicited manuscript in your slush pile, and here we are. Thank you for taking a leap with me. I won’t let you down.

Thanks to my tireless agent, Carly Watters, for believing in this book and for reminding me (again and again), it only takes one “Yes!”

Thank you, Carly Watters, literary agent extraordinaire, who gave me the wonderful author experience of “The Call.” I have loved working with you and appreciate everything you have done for me. I’m so excited to be on your team.

It has been a pleasure working with Curtis and his team. This man is a great negotiator. He is also extremely well respected in the industry. And he’s smart! I’m glad to have him on my side.

To Carly Watters, my ever-supportive literary agent, whose notes and advice on my first three test stories were invaluable.

I don’t know where I would be were it not for my intrepid and incredible agent, Maria Vicente. There’s no one I’d rather take this journey with than you, my beautiful, Buffy-loving babe. You’re a saint for handling all my late-night texts and feelings and junk. Let’s do this again sometime.

I am indebted to Curtis Russell, Agent Extraordinaire. From the first, you understood and shared my vision for this book.

Carly Watters and P.S. Literary Agency, for believing in my ideas through version 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and beyond.

Every time I write a book I say thank you to my agent, Curtis Russell, and my editor, Kate Cassaday. Thank you is not enough. Without Curtis none of the books I’ve published in the last six years – crap, Curtis … them’s a lotta words! – would have been written. When Curtis first approached me about writing a book I was less than enthusiastic. Having had several bad experiences with other Canadian publishers, I was determined never to write another book. When he expressed interest in repping me, I was profane. He was not deterred. A kind and thoughtful man, Curtis is made of tough stuff. I didn’t scare him away (thank heavens), and from the very beginning he diligently negotiated some pretty sweet deals for me. And I LOVE that he thinks I’m funny.

I’d like to extend a special thank-you to my book agent, Curtis Russell.

Thank you to Maria Vicente for seeing the seeds for a book in our science recaps and for being an all-around rockstar agent.

It’s been said countless times by countless authors, no one writes a book in a vacuum. In my case, with this book, I’ve had a team of dedicated professionals lending their expertise and opinions, starting with my agent, Curtis Russell…

To Maria Vicente, the best agent in the ‘verse, because you found me, made me into an author, and helped shape this book.

To my fantastic agent, Carly Watters, who helped make this book what it is and has been an invaluable support to me throughout the process.

I want to thank my agent, Carly Watters, for pulling me from the slush pile and taking a chance on me. Your belief and support overwhelm me. I couldn’t have asked for a better guide and advocate.

I owe a special debt to Carly Watters, my literary agent, who had to persuade me that this was a worthwhile project.

My agent, Curtis Russell of PS Literary Agency, gave me invaluable feedback on my early drafts.

Carly, you have been amazing through this entire process, and I am forever grateful.

Curtis Russell, agent extraordinaire, persisted and convinced me this was the right time to do a new book, and then found me a great publisher with which to work.

The entire Stats Canada team would like to thank Carly Watters, Justin Stoller, everybody at Penguin who helped turn this book into something coherent…

I would like to thank Curtis Russell, P.S. Literary Agency and Rowman & Littlefield for believing in this book and shaping the final project into a fantastic representation of baseball history. A great baseball fan himself, Curtis and his staff are the reason these stories are able to be shared with the fans who read this book.