ERIC JEROME DICKEY IS ONE OF THE MOST PROVACATIVE AND INNOVATIVE WRITERS OF OUR TIME. I WAS ASTONISHED AT THE DEPTH OF BETWEEN LOVERS AND IN TOTAL AMAZEMENT OF THE RANGE OF HIS WRITING IN HIS NEW BOOK THIEVES PARADISE. I WAS HOOKED FROM THE FIRST PAGE, AND PULLED INTO THE LIVES OF DANTE, PAM, AND SCAMZ..PEOPLE NOTHING LIKE ME AND AT THE SAME TIME SO MUCH LIKE US ALL. DICKEY'S WRITING SHOWS THE PROFUNDIDITY OF THE HUMAN CONNECTION. HE IS ABLE TO MAKE UNLIKABLE CHARACTERS LIKABLE AND MAKES THE READER CONTINUE TO FIND COMPASSION IN PLACES UNKNOWN TO US ALL. AS A LOYAL FAN, I HAVE SEEN THE GROWTH IN HIS WORK OVER THE PAST THREE BOOKS ESPECIALLY AND I AM HAPPY THAT HE IS VENTURING OUT INTO UNKNOWN AREAS AND PUSHING HIMSELF AS A WRITER TO GIVE US SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE SHOULD REALLY BE PROUD OF HIS GROWTH AND HIS SUCCESS. EJD...KEEP ON WRITING AND GIVING US A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION.