Carolee Bertrand, author of short stories and novels. Anthologies available at: www.dreamstreetprose.com

Doris Booth, Editor-in-chief, Authorlink.com Honorary Member

Charlotte Schreck Burns lives in Lancaster, Texas in a Victorian farm house. A writer of short stories and novels, Charlotte grew up in Oklahoma, has raised four children, helped in their schools, and worked in a military clinic as a Red Cross volunteer. She also draws on experiences of living in Toronto, New Orleans, Baltimore, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the Texas-Mexico border, and of travels in Asia where she visited refugee camps in Hong Kong, WWII military bunkers of Saipan and Guam, and the DMZ between North and South Korea. Second Thursday Circle is the name of her novel published by Dream Street Prose. It is filled with voices of a small town in Oklahoma, and the angst of a widow who must deal with betrayal by her late husband. Charlotte is currently working on a mystery about a child stolen by a vengeful husband.

Sherri Gardner

Wanda Horton loves romance, rock and roll, and reading. She has woven all of these things into her Young Adult novels now available from Amber Quill Press.

Sandy Hubley Pipkin

J. K. Jacobs was a reporter and editor for 13 years before turning her hand to fiction to write about a murder in East Texas. She is the recipient of several Associated Press Managing Editor awards and the Texas Legacy Award from the Dallas Press Club for community service. During her years in the newspaper business, she worked for the Austin American-Statesman, the Longveiw News-Journal and the Metrocrest News. In changing careers, she writes: "Fiction isn't easier, but it is more fun."

Betty Kurecka has had several short stories and humorous non-fiction published and currently writes book reviews for Authorlink. Her shy demeanor cloaks Lilly, her alter ego, who is the main character in a not-yet published novel, IN SPITE OF IT ALL, where she (Lilly, not Betty) charges through early retirement and marriage to the same man for 35 years with self-effacing humor, tears and a quick wit.

Doris Lakey You've heard the phrase "Missed it by that much"? Or "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride"? How about "Close, but no cigar"? Doris has definitely found her niche in the literary world.

Two of her short stories have been sold to THEMA, two were included in 121 NORTH. A couple of poems were published in anthologies. First chapter of her novel SMALL TOWN, SMALL CRIMES took second place in Arkansas Writers' contest; her poem MONUMENTAL DIFFERENCES won second prize in TEX! Contest, and she has a collection of "honorable mentions" and a stack of rejections. Obviously she has a love for words, so far largely unrequited love. If she can't join them, she'll beat on them by writing book reviews.

Elaine Lanmon (aka Elaine Moore, aka Madi Ryan Lee), freelance public relations/advertising professional, photographer and graphic artist, is the author of horror/dark fantasy and paranormal romance novels. Her award-winning short stories and poetry have appeared in print and online. www.itsjustink.com

T. D. McKinney, author of paranormal romance and historical fiction. Her novels are available from Amber Quill Press.

Dulce Moore, retired Honors English teacher, is the author of novels, short stories and numerous book reviews.

Sharon Wood