title: Police: Hurrying! Helping! Saving! (Board Buddies)
author:  Patricia Hubbell 
description: Author Patricia Hubbell is the author of ten books of poetry for children, including <em>Boo! Halloween Poems and Limericks</em> as well as <em>Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble!</em> Her poems appear in numerous anthologies. She lives in Easton, Connecticut.<br /><br />Illustrator Viviana Garofoli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she now lives with her husband and two daughters. She earned a fine arts degree from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Pridiliano Pueyrredn and has illustrated more than 20 books. Recently she created the pictures for <em>My Big Rig</em> by Jonathan London.
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  [Acknowledgments](KillforMe_toc.html#ackn-1)
  
  
  
  
  
  Danny Agan for answering all my questions about police procedure.
  
  
  Shannon Aviles for all her support and wonderful ideas.
  
  
  Doug Byron for his help in DNA procedure.
  
  
  Kay Conterato for going above and beyond the call of duty when she researched
  radio ID badges while hospitalized!
  
  
  Marc Conterato for all of his medical expertise—my drugged, shot, stabbed, and
  poisoned characters thank you, too.
  
  
  Myke Landers for sharing his experience as a survivor of a POW camp in
  Vietnam. I was honored and forever changed. Thank you.
  
  
  Angela Maples for her guidance in the tracking of pharmaceuticals.
  
  
  Shirley McCarroll, Tommy Gianides, Suzanne Verikios, and Jan Sarver for all
  their priceless information on Greek families and customs.
  
  
  Frank Ouellette for answering my questions on the Chattahoochee River.
  
  
  Nate VanNess for his help on tracking ISPs.
  
  
  Terri Bolyard, Kay Conterato, and Sonie Lasker for helping me get unstuck. You
  all are a