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Mary Jo Putney graduated from Syracuse University with degrees in eighteenth-century literature and industrial design. A New York Times bestselling author, she has won numerous awards for her writing, including two Romance Writers of America RITA Awards, four consecutive Golden Leaf awards for Best Historical Romance, and the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Historical Romance. She was the keynote speaker at the 2000 National Romance Writers of America Conference. Ms. Putney lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Visit her Web site at www.maryjoputney.com.
Karen Harbaugh is an award-winning author and RITA finalist who has published eleven fantasy/romance novels and three novellas, with more forthcoming. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in English, and has also had various other occupations such as quality assurance analyst, technical writer, legal word processor, and whatever other job might add to her store of miscellaneous knowledge and get her out of the house from time to time. She is happily married to a software engineer and has a college-aged son. When she is not writing stories, she does volunteer work, knits, cooks, spins yarn, gardens, watches reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and occasionally finds time to annoy her cat, Newman. Visit her Web site at www.sff.net/people/KarenH.
A passionate hiker and traveler, Barbara Samuel likes nothing better than setting off at dawn for a trip—anywhere! Her favorite places so far include the Tasman Sea off the coast of New Zealand, the pungent streets of New York City, and the top of her beloved Pikes Peak. Between books, she’s currently planning trips to India and China, and a long rest in the damp and misty United Kingdom. Barbara has won five RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America. You can explore her columns on rambling around France and Scotland, working the Pikes Peak Marathon at twelve thousand feet, and many topics about the writing life at www.barbarasamuel.com. She loves to hear from readers at awriterafoot@gmail.com.