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Acknowledgments

Talking to Strangers, like all books, was a team effort, and I
am grateful that my teammates are among the best. The folks
at Little, Brown were a delight to work with: my brilliant

editor, Asya Muchnick, my champion Reagan Arthur, and all
the others who supported this book from the beginning:
Elizabeth Garriga, Pamela Marshall, Allan Fallow, and
countless others at the best publishing house in America.

Helen Conford at Penguin UK said the most British thing ever:
“Lots of third rails! I love it!” Special thanks to Eloise Lynton,
my tireless fact checker, Camille Baptista, who answered a
million of my questions, and my agent, Tina Bennett, without

whom I’d be writing longhand on parchment in an unheated
garret somewhere. Countless friends took the time to read the
manuscript and offer their advice: Adam Alter, Ann Banchoff,
Tali Farhadian, Henry Finder, Mala Gaonkar, Emily Hunt, all

the Lyntons, Brit Marling, Kate Moore, Wesley Neff, Kate
Taylor, Lily and Jacob Weisberg, and Dave Wirtshafter.

I hope I haven’t forgotten anyone.

Special thanks as always to my mother, who taught me to

write clearly and simply. Sadly, my father died before I could
finish. He would have read it carefully, mused about it, and
then said something thoughtful or funny. Or possibly both. It is
a lesser book without his contribution.