Interesting side bar...I just wrote a book - a spiritual fantasy for middle graders. It was inspired by the effect this book had on me and so I dropped a e-mail to Mr. Bach and shared that he was the inspiration for my book and that I figured it made him the grand-author. Basically, it was just a thank you from my readers who would never know the influence he had on my book being written.

Ten minutes later, my phone rang. It was my childhood hero calling to thank me.