Fedora AMIS is the winner of the 2006 Mayhaven prize for fiction for her humorous Victorian whodunit, Jack the Ripper in St. Louis due out in 2008. Visit her at www.fedoraAMIS.com

Claire Applewhite's Heard It Through the Grapevine and Just One of Those Things were named as Semi-Finalists in the 2005 and 2006 William Faulkner Creative Writing Contests, respectively. In 2007, Night and Day made the Short List for finalists.  Visit her at www.claireapplewhite.com

Wilfred Bereswill is an environmental engineer and travels extensively.  His first fiction novel, A Reason for Dying, is a biological thriller and is due to be released by Hilliard & Hilliard in Spring 2008. Visit him at www.wbereswill.com

Angie Fox is the author of the award-winning Accidental Demon Slayer series. Critics call it, "fresh, unique and larger than life," Angie simply calls it fun. That's because she gets a kick out of surprising herself, and her readers, with plenty of plot twists, magical moments and spine-tingling suspense. The first book in the series is called The Accidental Demon Slayer. The second, due out in April 2009, is The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers. Visit Angie at www.angiefox.com

Shirl Henke, bestselling author and two-time RITA finalist, has over thirty books to her credit. She obtained her BA and MA in history and later worked a myriad of jobs before realizing she was a writer.  Her newest book, The River Nymph, is available wherever paperback books are sold. Visit her at www.shirlhenke.com