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John Berendt, author of The City of Fallen Angels and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Rona Berg is the former Beauty Editor of The New York Times Magazine and Editorial Director of ELLE. At the Times, Berg wrote the beauty column and edited the lifestyle subjects, including fashion, food, wine, home design and men's style. She was on the launch team of ELLE magazine, where she directed or supervised every facet of the editorial process from concept to publication. She was also a contributing editor to SELF, where she generated story ideas and wrote feature articles for the magazine.

www.ronaberg.com/

Sarah Bird is the author The Flamenco Academy, Virgin of the Rodeo, The Boyfriend School, Alamo House, and The Mommy Club. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, George, and son, Gabriel www.texasmonthly.com/mag /issues/authors/sarahbird.php www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/bird

Mike Blakely and Willie Nelson are currently working on their co-written western novel, designed to adapt to the big screen, with Willie himself playing the lead role. The book is scheduled for release by 2008. Meanwhile, native Texan Mike Blakely continues to leave his creative footprints across the landscapes of Texas, the U.S., and the world, as the author of 15 books and a performing songwriter with six CDs to his credit. Most of Mike’s books are historical novels set in the American West, and released by major New York City publishing houses. His CDs, showcasing his songwriting and musical abilities, have all been released on Mike’s own record label, Swing Rider Records

www.mikeblakely.com

Stephanie Bond writes a sexy mystery series for Mira Books, humorous romantic suspense novels for Avon/HarperCollins, and romantic comedies for Harlequin Books. She is best known for writing steamy books that make readers laugh out loud.

www.stephaniebond.com

Sharon Boorstin writes for publications including The Los Angeles Times, Bon Appetit, More, Town & Country Travel, Smithsonian, Sunset and Jewish Woman. She was the Restaurant Critic of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and she is a contributing editor of Los Angeles Confidential, Porthole and Bel-Air magazines. Sharon has edited over a dozen guidebooks and restaurant guides for cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and New York. With her husband Paul, she has written dozens of screenplays for feature films and television including “Fire With Fire” starring Virginia Madsen (Paramount) and “Angel of Death” (ABC) starring Jane Seymour.

Sharon has spoken to over 75 women’s groups throughout the U.S. and has been interviewed on dozens of radio and television programs. Her memoir/cookbook “Let Us Eat Cake: Adventures in Food and Friendship” and her novel with recipes “Cookin’ for Love” both have been selections of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club. www.sharonboorstin.com

Richard Bowden is a musician and songwriter who has performed with The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Jackson Browne. Richard grew up in Linden, Texas where he and childhood friend Don Henley formed their first bands and performed throughout the area. Richard is the President of Music City Texas, a non-profit musical theater in Linden, Texas. Richard latest band The Moon and Stars performs each month at Music City Texas in Linden, Texas. www.richardbowden.com www.musiccitytexas.org

Melodie Bowsher was born in Dodge City and grew up in Derby, Kansas. She attended Kansas State University in Manhattan where she majored in journalism and won a first place award for investigative reporting from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Graduating in three years, she went to work in the Wall Street Journal’s Dallas bureau where at age 20 she was the first woman hired by that newspaper as a staff reporter.

After a brief stint in Denver, Melodie moved to San Francisco where she began working in corporate communications. Two children later she found herself a soccer mom in suburban Millbrae. Her two kids, Mia and Luca, provided the research and the dot.com bust provided the impetus for this, her first novel. www.melodiebowsher.com

Prill Boyle is the author of DEFYING GRAVITY: A CELEBRATION OF LATE-BLOOMING WOMEN. She and her husband live in Westport, Connecticut where she is working on her second book. A columnist for the monthly e-zine Boomer Women's World and the creator of the Defying Gravity Workshop, Boyle has been featured on numerous radio and television programs, was invited by the Nat'l Council of Women USA to give a keynote address at the United Nations, and has been a guest-speaker to groups all over the country about the rewards of late blooming.

www.prillboyle.com defyinggravitynow .blogspot.com

Carolyn Brooks, author of
-Breaking the Silent Addiction of Abuse…America’s Genocide
-Exposed by Bronze Bow