Wendy Corsi Staub! Bestselling author of more than seventy novels Wendy Corsi Staub has penned multiple New York Times bestselling adult thrillers and more than two dozen young adult titles under her own name. Her latest thriller, LIVE TO TELL (Avon, March 2010) received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. As Wendy Markham, she's a USA Today bestselling author of chick lit and romance. Industry awards include a Romance Writers of America Rita, three Westchester Library Association Washington Irving Awards for Fiction, the RWA-NYC Golden Apple for Lifetime Achievement and the RT Bookreviews Career Achievement Award in Suspense. Wendy lives in suburban NYC with her husband and children. For more information and book excerpts, visit http://www.wendycorsistaub.com.

Erin Quinn! Erin is just the average girl next door in Gilbert, Arizona where she lives with her husband, two daughters and three dogs (all of whom have made debuts in her stories--the dogs, that is, not the husband and kids.) In HAUNTING BEAUTY, Danni Smith's little dog is based on Erin's devoted mutt who sleeps at her feet every morning when she writes. For more information and book excerpts, visit http://www.erinquinn.info.

Sabrina Jeffries!In the last 10 years, New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries has penned 17 Regency romances and four novellas — becoming a regular on both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists and winning more than a dozen industry awards in the process. Today, there are more than 3 million Sabrina Jeffries books in print. She writes at her home in Cary, N.C., where she lives with husband, Rene, and their son, Nick. Her latest series, The Hellions of Halstead Hall, begins with THE TRUTH ABOUT LORD STONEVILLE February 2010. For more information and book excerpts, visit http://www.sabrinajeffries.com.

Helen Scott Taylor! When Helen was young, her teachers accused her of being away with the fairies. Things haven't changed much! Only now, the fairies are tall and sexy and they live in her MAGIC KNOT fantasy series rather than just in her head. The second book THE PHOENIX CHARM will be available in January. Also look out for THE FROST FAIRY and THE FEAST OF BEAUTY—two novellas due out in 2010. Helen resides in South Western England with her husband, two teenagers, two Shih Tzus, and a cat who rules the household with a velvet paw. She believes deep within everyone there's a little magic. For more information and book excerpts, visit http://www.helenscotttaylor.com.

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. TALK OF THE TOWN was Cosmopolitan Magazine's choice for "Red Hot Read" in their February '09 issue. Her latest book, A BLACK TIE AFFAIR will be released January 2010. For more information, visit http://www.sherrillbodine.com.