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Donna Birdsell
Donna Birdsell lives in Southeast Pennsylvania with her husband, two children, and a cat named Booger. She's addicted to chocolate, Margaritas, and reality TV -- not necessary in that order. Her first book, The Painted Rose, garnered great reviews and was an RT BookClub Magazine nominee for Best First Historical for 2004. It is also a finalist in the Golder Leaf for Best First Book.
Her second book, Falcon's Mistress, was an October 2005 release.
Check out Donna's website at: http://www.donnabirdsell.com
Christine Bush
Christine Bush is the author of eight novels of romance and mystery with Avalon Books. Her newest release is titled Love, Julie. She has also written numerous articles about the craft of writing, creative motivation, and family issues for publications nationwide.
Also a playwright, her first short story has recently been produced in a regional theater in the Chicago area. She has also had plays workshopped and performed staged readings in NYC with an off-off-Broadway theater company.
Christine is a past president of BCRW, and believes that that support, fellowship, and learning that we provide each other is one of the keys to writing success.
Check out Christine's website at: http://www.christinebush.com
Laurie Kellogg
Laurie Kellogg is a 2x Winner of Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart award (2004 & 2006), the recipient of Pacific Northwest Writers Association's ZOLA award (2004), and she was a Romantic Times American Title I finalist. Her contemporary love stories -- a blend of sexy humor and drama -- are pure steamy, romantic fun.
In addition to Laurie's membership in the national organization Romance Writers of America, she also belongs to local RWA chapters, Bucks County Romance Writers, and New Jersey Romance Writers, as well as RWA's special interest chapter, The Golden Network.
In her free time, Laurie enjoys cooking, movies, crafts, and reading on her treadmill. Well, maybe she doesn't enjoy the treadmill that much, but it's a necessary evil to fight her never-ending battle of the bulge. She despises housework and has resorted to naming the dust-bunnies that multiply as fast as real rabbits while she writes.
Check out Laurie's website at: http://www.lauriekellogg.com
Ann Leveille
Ann enjoys writing romantic speculative fiction (futuristic, fantasy, and paranormal) stories. She's also written two books for young adults. Though so far unpublished in novel-length fiction, she is multi-published in short fiction. Her latest story, published under the pen name Anya Levin, was "Passages", in the ebook anthology Up For Grabs, by Circlet Press.
Ann has been a member of the Bucks County Romance Writers for several years, and in the past has held the offices of President, Vice President, and Secretary. She is currently the editor of the BCRW newsletter, Romantic Reflections, and the Website Coordinator for the chapter's website.
Leslie Anne Lighton
In her writing career, Leslie Lighton has written computer software, training and user manuals, test plans, screenplays, newsletters, and now computer validation audit reports. As a weekly newspaper photojournalist, Leslie covers events including municipality meetings and the Philadelphia Folk Festival. All proceeds from her non-fiction book Upper Providence Bicentennial (http://uptmcpa.com) support her local public library.
She writes romantic suspense as Leslie Anne Lighton, to pay homage to her Hollywood producer relative, who wrote the first Academy Award-winning film. A Hurricane Floyd survivor, Leslie and her husband Mike relocated from a historic community along the Schuylkill River, and now live on top of a hill.
Kate Lutter
For over two decades Kate tried her hand at teaching, running an elementary school as principal, coordinating a school's district staff development program, and teaching graduate students before she jumped off the cliff (as she likes to put it) and decided to write full time.
Now she lives in New Jersey with her husband and four cats and spends her days writing contemporary paranormal romances or, in other words—“ghost stories linked to the past with a touch of magic . . . “ She is also learning Italian, gardening, travelling around the world, volunteering at a local cat shelter, and having fun with her extended family.
Kate has been a member of the Bucks County Romance Writers for the last five years where she's served as President, Vice President and Secretary. She is presently in charge of monitoring the chapter member's goals.
Writing is most important. She has written four novels to date. A Matter of Trust, her second novel, finalled in the TARA and won honorable mention in New Jersey's Put Your Heart in a Book contest.
Check out Kate's website at: http://www.katelutter.com
Joy Nash
USA Today Bestselling Author Joy Nash loves to write her dreams -- and sometimes, her nightmares! Joy writes contemporary and historical paranormal romance for Dorchester Publishing, the older independent mass-market publisher in America.
Joy's hobbies include brain-numbing movie binges, staring into space, and wishing her house was clean. Her romance novels might include action and adventure in far away magical lands, but Joy lives in a blessedly dull suburb with the handsome hero who swept her off her feet when she was just eighteen.
Upcoming releases include "Blood Debt" in Immortals: The Reckoning anthology (March 09); A Little Light Magic (June 09); "Christmas Unplugged" in Santa Baby anthology (Oct 09); and Silver Silence (Druids of Avalon, Nov 09).
Backlist titles include Immortals: The Awakening, Immortals: The Crossing, and the Druids of Avalon series books, Celtic Fire, The Grail King (a Romantic Times award winner) and Deep Magic.
Check out Joy's website at: http://www.joynash.com
Sally Stotter
Since Sally retired as Vice President of Institutional Sales from a brokerage house to write full-time, her Chick lit novel, Dare You, has won the Valley of the Sun Roamnce Writers "Hot Prospects" contest. She has also won the New Jersey Romance Writers "Put Your Heart In A Book" contest with her romantic comedy When Bambi Met Ralphie and has been a finalist in other RWA chapter contests. She has also received honorable mentions in the Writer's Digest 2000 and 2002 contests for her short stories.
Sally is Boston University graduate and currently lives in a little clearing in the woods of Eastern Pennsylvania.
She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Chick Lit, and Bucks County RWA chapters, and Sister in Crime.
When Sally is not writing, she enjoys golf, gardening, rock climbing, and, of course, reading.