| Carolyn
Ann Aish lives at the bottom of the world
amongst the spectacular scenery of New Zealand, close
to Mount Egmont and not far from the Tasman Sea. Addicted
to writing stories and songs, she is now publishing new
authors' children's books. |
| Alice
Berger lives on a 26-acre farm in Pennsylvania
with her husband, Gene, three cats and a dog. Her first
book, "Who's Taking a Bath?" was released in
December, 2007. |
| Andrea
Buginsky is a 32-year-old freelance writer.
who earned her BA in Mass Communications - Journalism
from USF in May 2007. She has a congenital heart condition
that she lives with everyday. Her three dogs are her babies.
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| Martha
Conte lives in South Florida. She had a story
published in the anthology book Changing Course: Women's
Inspiring Stories of Menopause, Midlife and Moving Forward,
compiled and edited by Yitta Halberstam and has recently
had two stories published on the website of Children Come
First. |
| Betty
Dobson is the recently-retired-from-corporate-life
owner of InkSpotter Publishing, based in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada. She released her first book of poetry,
Paper Wings, in October 2006 and has two new
anthologies in the works for September 2007--Holiday
Writes: Celebrations Throughout the Year and Around
the World, and Backless, Strapless & Slit the Throat:
A Femme Fatale Anthology. |
| Josefine
Ejebjörk is a writer from Landskrona,
Sweden, who got her Bachelor of Art in History and Communication
from Carroll College, Wisconsin, USA. She has a few articles
published and is currently working as a freelancer as
well as writing her first novel. |
| Alison
Ashley Formento lives in New Jersey with
her husband and kids, who constantly give her more ideas
than she has time to write. Alison’s writing has
appeared in The New York Times, Parenting Magazine, The
New Jersey Monthly and several other publications, including
several celebrity interviews. Her one-act plays have been
produced in New York and her short stories published in
Common Ties and Sinner+Saint Press. |
| Fred
Fuller is a widower living in Virginia working
on his next career. His previous occupations include being
a newspaper reporter / columnist for two small town dailies
(The Greenfield (IN) Daily Reporter and The Mt. Vernon
(IN) Democrat) and a teacher. Some of his poetry has been
published in literary arts magazines. He publishes some
of his writing on his official website as well as writes
a weekly blog. |
| Olgy
Gary is an author, game designer, editor,
ghostwriter and consultant. Her cross-cultural simulations,
"The Luna and The Kampei Game, have been extensively
used by trainers worldwide. She has worked as a ghost
writer in 20+ books. Olgy is originally from Cuba and
holds an M.A. in Instructional Design. As webmaster, she
maintains several author and educational sites. |
| Kathy
Hagan has sold six contemporary romance novels
to Harlequin American, using the pen name Kaitlyn Rice.
She currently has a proposal under consideration by Harlequin
SuperRomance, and she doubts that she'd have written half
as much without the motivation and support provided by
this group. |
| Annie
Haws, who writes pseudonymously as Montgomery
Sword, currently lives in Georgia, US. In addition to
never being more than a few inches from a book, she writes
Fantasy and Horror {and hopes to branch into SciFi}, is
active in several critique outlets and as a disciple/character
and writer at www.mernac.com, and reviews online in a
number of genres. |
| Megan
Herren is a freelance writer residing in
Colorful Colorado. Among other things, she enjoys gardening,
business studies, reading, family and of course practicing
the art of word daily. |
| Heidi
Hood A million things written none so far
published, a doctoral candidate that spends way too much
time in front of her computer writing (probable nonsense)
rather than completing her more serious academic prose.
Lives in TX, married happily with a beautiful German Shepherd
kid. |
| Pamela
K. Kinney
has always loved making up stories since she was a child.
She has published both under this name for horror, science
fiction, fantasy and a nonfiction book, Haunted Richmond,
Virginia. Under the pen name, Sapphire Phelan, has published
erotic and sweet paranormal, fantasy, and science fiction
romances. |
| Pat
Kennelly is a freelance writer and poet currently
living in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She blogs almost
daily on "writing daily" with inspirational
quotes, craft book recommendations, writing prompts and
everything and anything writing related. |
| Caroline
Ledeboer enjoys writing fiction, personal
essays, and prose poems. She also writes lyrics and enjoys
singing in the duo, Eacret and Ledeboer, whose third CD
is coming out this summer. With two YA books in drafts
(both drafted in large part during BIW), she is now in
the interminable editing stage, and learning as she goes,
hoping a REAL editor will want to join her soon. |
| Candie
Moonshower's The Legend of Zoey
(Delacorte) won the SCBWI "Sue Alexander Most Promising
New Work Award." The book was inspired by the legends
her great-grandmother, a Creek Indian born and bred in
Tennessee, told her about Reelfoot Lake. Candie grew up
in Okinawa and in Tennessee, and she lives in Nashville.
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| Elsa
Neal has completed two novels, and written
over 100 articles on creativity, writing, fashion, and
stress management. Links to all of her articles, and other
resources for writers, are available on her website.
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|
Ann Parker
is the author of the award-winning Silver Rush historical
mystery series published by Poisoned Pen Press. The
Silver Rush series takes places in 1880s Leadville,
Colorado, during the silver rush, when everyone was
dying to get rich. Protagonist Inez Stannert runs a
Leadville saloon and has a penchant for high-stakes
poker, strong drink, and dangerous men.
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| Lori
Robinett lives in Missouri with her husband
and daughter. She works full-time as a paralegal, and
is the editor of "the Gavel," a publication
of the Mid-Missouri Paralegal Association. She writes
under the name Elle Robb, and maintains a website and
blog. |
| Wilhelmina
Rush lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her
husband and her corgi dog. Over the years, she's worked
as a fry cook, a field assistant, a lab rat, a construction
worker, a teaching assistant, a mutual fund price supplier,
a geologist, a web designer, a database specialist, and
a secretary. |
| Louise
Sawyer
lives in "paradise" on Vancouver Island and
you'll find her walking on the beach, hunched over her
laptop, or stitching dollhouse furniture. She loves to
write, teach, and coach about creative issues and finds
joy in helping women with chronic illnesses go beyond
survival and thrive creatively. |
| Betty
Schmidt lives on a farm in Tennessee, retired
Vanderbilt University editorial assistant, now working
on her first book The Life Message Scrapbook: A Simple
Forumla for Writing Your Stories. |
| Heidi
Schulz lives in Maryland with her husband
and seven year old daughter, but will soon be attempting
a 3000 mile cross-country move (with her family) back
to their native Oregon. She has loved writing since the
third grade, but has only recently decided to try and
make a career of it. She is currently working on her first
novel, a fantasy-adventure for children. |
| Natalie
Streber currently resides in Chicago, IL,
against her better judgement. She is a mother to a 2 1/2
year-old little girl and a 7-month-old baby girl. When
she isn't working as a baby factory she is working on
her first novel. |
| While Lea
Wait was raising the 4 daughters she adopted
as a single parent she worked for a major corporation.
Now she writes fiction for both adults and children. The
first in her Shadows Antique Print Mystery series was
a finalist for a "best first" Agatha Award,
and her acclaimed historical novels for children have
appeared on numerous recommended lists. |
| Linda
Whalen
has owned and operated Whalen’s Country Child Care
for many years. Now she writes for children and occasionally
for adults. Most of her interviews have been in reference
to her book for adults, The Valley of Childhood,
a journey of enlightenment and inspiration. Her children’s
book Rainbowl Pond the Duck Ballet is available
through her web site. |
| Carol
Williams lives in beautiful upstate New York
where she works in the computer center of a Library, sell
books online, does life-coaching and writes. She writes
mostly because she must - it keeps her grounded and sane.
She has three grown children and six grandchildren. |
| M.
E. Wood lives in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
If you are going to find this eclectic reader and writer
anywhere it is probably at her computer... or in the garden.
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