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
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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