This book would have been impossible to write without the love and support of my family and friends. Lisa and Jerry Sopher, Ed Peres, and Jeff Peres—I am still here today and able to tell this story because of you. I am more grateful than I can say to have you in my corner.
Thank you to Aviva Wolf, the best non-editor editor I’ve ever seen, who pushed me and kept me honest and always told me the truth. None of this would have happened without you.
Tons of gratitude to my agent and friend, Bill Clegg, for believing in this book long before I sat down to write it. And special thanks to everyone at the Clegg Agency, notably Simon Toop, David Kambhu, Lilly Sandberg, Marion Duvert, and Kristen Wolf, for your help and support.
A huge thank you to my amazing editor, Sara Nelson, and the team at HarperCollins—Mary Gaule, Tom Hopke, Emily VanDerwerken, Robin Bilardello, and Jonathan Burnham.
Thank you to those generous and brilliant friends who read and reread and then read some more along the way. I owe an impossible-to-repay debt to the extraordinary DeLauné Michel, who took the time to respond to every email, text, and call, and who talked me off of the ledge on a daily basis. Jeff Berman, Jeff Gordinier, and Andrew Essex—thank you for helping shape this story. And massive thanks go to Luke Dempsey, who lit the fire and gave me great guidance.
About the Author
Dan Peres was editor in chief of Details for fifteen years, starting in 2000, when the title relaunched under his leadership. During his tenure, the magazine won many awards, including two National Magazine Awards. Before taking the editorship of Details, Dan spent nine years at W magazine, overseeing bureaus in Paris, London, and Milan. While in college, he worked as a copy boy at the New York Times and later as a research assistant at Esquire. He is the author of Details Men’s Style Manual. He lives in New York and has three sons.
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