Mary Mackey

is the author of eleven novels including The Notorious Mrs. Winston, the story of a woman who fights in the Civil War disguised as a male soldier. Her novels, one of which made The New York Times bestseller list, have been translated into eleven languages and sold over a million and a half copies.

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Norris Church Mailer

was raised in Arkansas, and now lives in Brooklyn and Cape Cod with her husband of twenty-five years, Norman Mailer. She is the mother of two sons and the stepmother of five daughters and two sons. Windchill Summer is her first novel.

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Erika Mailman's

first novel, Woman Of Ill Fame, is about a Gold Rush prostitute. Her second, The Witch's Trinity, comes out Sept. 25 and is about a medieval woman accused of witchcraft.

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Micheline Aharonian Marcom

was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Los Angeles. Her first novel, Three Apples Fell From Heaven, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Foundation for first fiction and received Columbia University's Anahid Literary Award. It was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times and one of the Best Books of 2001 by The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. She lives in Northern California where she teaches creative writing at Mills College. Daydreaming Boy is her second novel.

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Eric Martin

is a novelist whose most recent work is The Virgin's Guide to Mexico. Raised in Maine, he was educated in Austin, Durham, Barcelona and Quito. He has worked on vineyards, beer trucks, tobacco fields, and in homeless shelters. The recent recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, he is the author of the novels Luck, and Winners, which was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. He lives in San Francisco.

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Barbara Drummond Mead

is the co-owner of Reading Group Choices, an annual publication and a website of recommended book group selections and suggested discussion topics for reading groups. Mead, who has worked with booksellers and in publishing, leads and participates in reading group panels in libraries, book stores, and book festivals around the country.

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Pat Montandon

is the author of How To Be A Party Girl, The Intruders, Making Friends, Celebrities And Their Angels, and, most recently, Oh The Hell Of It All. Pat has written five plays and created two PBS documentaries. She founded Children As The Peacemakers and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and given the United Nations Peace Messenger Award.

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Eddie Muller

writes novels, movie histories, plays, short stories, films, essays and biographies, including the 2006 bestseller Tab Hunter Confidential. His fiction debut, The Distance, was honored by the Private Eye Writers of America as "Best First Novel of 2002." Eddie is a two-time Edgar Award nominee, and twice an Anthony Award nominee. He is also a native San Franciscan.

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