Sharon Ashwood! Sharon Ashwood is a free-lance journalist, novelist, desk jockey and enthusiast for the weird and spooky. She has an English literature degree but works as a finance geek. Interests include growing her to-be-read pile and playing with the toy graveyard on her desk. As a vegetarian, she freely admits the whole vampire/werewolf lifestyle fantasy would never work out, so she writes paranormal romances instead. RAVENOUS was her first book in The Dark Forgotten series and book number two in the series, SCORCHED, will be released in December. For more information, visit http://www.sharonashwood.com.

Sherrill Bodine! Sherrill Bodine's #1 passion is her family; her second is writing. When her children were young she sold stories to Home Life, Fate, Wabash and True Confessions magazines. 15 novels followed for Lynx, Harlequin and Fawcett. Whenever she can, Sherrill travels — she never knows where she'll find a great story idea! In the last year she's been in South Africa, London, Vermont, Florida, California, Venice, Malta and Milan. Her latest book, A BLACK TIE AFFAIR will be released January 2010. For more information, visit http://www.sherrillbodine.com.

Sheldon Russell! A former Oklahoma public school English teacher, Sheldon Russell retired as a professor emeritus from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2000. Russell published his first novel, EMPIRE, in 1993. He followed that suspense novel with two historic frontier titles—THE SAVAGE TRAIL and REQUIEM AT DAWN. In 2006, the University of Oklahoma Press released DREAMS TO DUST: A TALE OF THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH, which won the Oklahoma Book Award in Fiction. With THE YARD DOG: A MYSTERY, Russell introduces the Hook Runyon series. The first book finds Hook investigating a murder at an Oklahoma railroad yard near a German POW camp during WWII. For more information, visit http://www.sheldonrussell.com.

Julia London! Julia London is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of more than a twenty romantic fiction novels. She is the author of the popular Desperate Debutante and Scandalous historical romance series, as well as several contemporary romances, including American Diva, the very popular tie-in novel to the daytime drama, Guiding Light: Jonathan’s Story, and this month’s SUMMER OF TWO WISHES. For more information, visit http://www.julialondon.com.

Louisa Edwards! Louisa grew up in Virginia, went to school in Philadelphia, spent five years in Manhattan, and now she lives in a teeny town in Ohio. Once an editor of romance novels, now she’s writing her own. Her debut novel, CAN’T STAND THE HEAT, out next month, unites her love of romance with her obsession with Gordon Ramsay. That’s right. Food porn. For more information, visit http://www.louisaedwards.com.

Terri DuLong! Terri was born and raised in the Boston area.....Salem, the Witch City, to be exact. An only child, she drew on her imaginary friends for playmates. All these years later, Terri is certain that those playmates and her love for books is what led her to her passion for writing. On Feb. 26, 2008 Terri was offered a two-book contract from Kensington Publishing. Finally... THE call came! Terri’s women’s fiction novel, SPINNING FORWARD will be released October 2009. For more information, visit http://www.terridulong.com.

The Samhellion/Samhain Publishing! Samhain Publishing opened its virtual doors in November 2005 and since then they’ve been featured in Publisher’s Weekly, RT BookClub and various other publications. they’re in the top ten list of Amazon’s Bestselling Kindle Publishers and on the Ingrams Publisher Services best selling list. Samhain was founded with a goal of bringing to compulsive readers books that allow them to discover new worlds and be taken on adventures through the creative minds of today’s brightest authors. For more information, visit http://www.thesamhellion.com/.

Mary Jo Putney! Since 1987, Mary Jo Putney has published twenty-nine books and counting. Her stories are noted for psychological depth and unusual subject matter such as alcoholism, death and dying, and domestic abuse. She has made all of the national bestseller lists including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Five of her books have been named among the year’s top five romances by The Library Journal. A nine-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA, she has won RITAs for Dancing on the Wind and The Rake and the Reformer and is on the RWA Honor Roll for bestselling authors. She has been awarded two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, four NJRW Golden Leaf awards, plus the NJRW career achievement award for historical romance. For more information, visit http://www.maryjoputney.com.

Sandra Hill! Sandra Hill is known for her Viking books, her Cajun books and her Jinx series. When anyone asks about her novels, she always says that, if nothing else, they will make you laugh out loud...and maybe sizzle a bit. Sandra Hill has won numerous awards for her writing, both as an aspiring writer and as a published author. Several of her books have been on the USA Today, Waldenbooks and New York Times bestseller lists. Three of her books were recommended reads on Amazon.com, and one of them, Sweeter Savage Love, was listed as one of their Top Ten Romance Novels for 1997. More recently, Wet and Wild was a RITA^® Finalist, and Hot and Heavy won a 2006 PRISM for best time travel. She has also won a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine. For more information, visit http://www.sandrahill.net.