Authors

Jenny Gardiner

Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Determined to Kill Me

"As sweet as a song and sharp as a beak, Winging It really soars as a memoir about family -- children and husbands, feathers and fur -- and our capacity to keep loving though life may occasionally bite." -Wade Rouse, bestselling author of At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream, and Confessions of A Prep School Mommy Handler Jenny Gardiner's hilarious memoir will have you alternately laughing and crying, and watching the skies for winged pets out for your blood. --Award-winning author of Catching Genius, Kristy Kiernan

Deeanne Gist

Beguiled

After a short career in elementary education, Deeanne Gist retired to raise her four children. Over the course of the next fifteen years, she ran a home accessory and antique business, became a member of the press, wrote freelance journalism for national publications such as People, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Houston Chronicle and Orlando Sentinel, and acted as CFO for her husband’s small engineering firm--all from the comforts of home.

Kathi Kamen Goldmark

And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You

is the author of And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You, a novel published by Chronicle Books. She is co-author of The Great Rock & Roll Joke Book and a contributor to several collections of essays, including Mid-Life Confidential: the Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude. With her partner, Sam Barry, she writes a monthly column in BookPage called “The Author Enablers.” Kathi is the founder and a member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, president and janitor of “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” Records, Author Liaison for several high-profile literary events including Book Group Expo, and producer of the coast-to-coast radio show West Coast Live. She likes to think she is ready for anything.