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Martha Moody
The Office of Desire ( fiction )
Five people, Hap and Will, two doctors; nurse Alicia; office manager Brice; and receptionist Caroline, have worked together for years in a small Ohio medical office. When Will's wife leaves him and he begins an affair with Alicia, this is the first step in the disruption of not only the routine of the office, but the lives of all five people in it. Martha Moody, the author of the bestseller Best Friends, is a physician from Ohio.
To read more about her and her work, go to www.marthamoody.net
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Allison Winn Scotch
The Department of Lost and Found ( fiction )
Allison Winn Scotch the author of The Department of Lost and Found, which was selected as a Redbook book pick of the month. She is also a nationally recognized journalist who contributes to American Baby, American Way, Cooking Light, Family Circle, Fitness, Glamour, InStyle Weddings, Men's Health, Parents, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Shape, Woman's Day, and Women's Health, among others. She lives in New York with her husband, her children and their dog.
To read more about her and her work, go to www.allisonwinn.com
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Rae Meadows
Calling Out ( fiction )
After getting dumped by her boyfriend, Jane quits her copywriting job in New York City and ends up answering phones at a Salt Lake City escort agency. As she descends into the strange, lonely word of sexual commerce in the heart of Mormon country, she must come to terms with a life she hadn't planned. Rae Meadows was named one of Poets & Writers "Five Debut Writers to Watch" and Calling Out was chosen as one of the Chicago Tribune's "Best Books of 2006." She is at work on her next novel, No One Tells Everything. She lives in Madison, WI.
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Hannah Seligson
New Girl On the Job ( non fiction )
A workplace primer for young women about how to navigate the ins and outs of the workplace, based on over 100 interviews with young women and women who have very successfully climbed the corporate ladder, such as Bobbi Brown, CEO and founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. "New Girl on the Job" is the antidote to the common problem so many young people starting out today face: you don't what you don't know. Seligson also addresses the other office landmines that are specific to young women �?? getting saddled with all the administrative tasks, building a thick skin, how to surf the learning curve, and mastering the art of self-promotion. Hannah Seligson's work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Post and The Huffington Post.
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Tracey Toomey and Leanne Shear
Cocktail Therapy ( non fiction )
Leanne Shear and Tracey Toomey met behind the bar, when they were both struggling to establish themselves in creative professions. They coauthored the novel, The Perfect Manhattan, the essay "Girls Can Do Anything" in the anthology It's A Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties, and the advice tome, Cocktail Therapy.
Visit them at www.givemecocktailtherapy.com
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Kimberlee Auerbach
The Devil, The Lovers & Me: My Life in Tarot ( non fiction )
Kimberlee Auerbach is a writer and storyteller who has performed her comedic monologues throughout New York City at venues such as The Original Improv, The Kraine Theater, and The Bitter End. Her one-woman show played to sold-out houses at the New York International Fringe Festival, and she has competed in several Moth GrandSLAM Championships. Her memoir, The Devil, The Lovers & Me: My Life in Tarot, was released by Dutton on August 2, 2007.
For more information about Kimberlee check out www.kimmiland.com or become her friend on www.myspace.com/kimberleeauerbach
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Kristina Grish
Kristina Grish is a contributing editor to Women's Health magazine, and has written essays, profiles, and features for Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Zink, Shape, Outside, Vibe and Teen Vogue among others. She's currently dishing about her first year of marriage at www.womenshealthmag.com. Her column is aptly titled, Wedlocked.
Kristina is also the author of The Joy of Text: Dating, Mating and Techno-Relating (SSE, 2006); Addickted: 12 Steps to Kicking Your Bad Boy Habit, (Polka Dot Press, 2006); Boy Vey!: The Shiksa's Guide to Dating Jewish Men (SSE, 2005); and We Need to Talk. But First, Do You Like My Shoes: Dress Codes for Dumping Your Man (St. Martins Press, 2004).
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Lynne Griffin
Negotiation Generation: Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment (Penguin, 2007) explores why parents are relinquishing their authority to their children and the popular culture. With stories from more than twenty years of parent counseling, author Lynne Reeves Griffin shows parents how to reclaim their authority and forge a stronger more loving bound with children because of it. Lynne writes for her blog, Parenting and the News, the Writers�?? Group blog, Parenting Magazine and a number of regional parenting papers. Lynne is at work on her next parenting book and has completed a novel. To learn more about Lynne�??s work, visit www.LynneGriffin.com
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Courtney Cochran
Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine
A go-to guide for everyday drinking at home, in restaurants, and anywhere else wine is found, Hip Tastes is for passionate wine novices everywhere. From vintages and varieties, to shopping, serving, storing and - most importantly - tasting wine, Hip Tastes proves anyone can enjoy drinking, serving, and talking intelligently about great wine. Courtney Cochran is a certified sommelier who caters to wine enthusiasts in San Francisco nightclubs and bars with her popular HIP TASTES Events�?� wine tastings. C Magazine called Cochran �??San Francisco�??s Most Wanted Wine Guru�?? and she has been profiled in Vogue.
Visit her online at hiptastes.com or log on to Amazon to learn more about the book
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Ellen Sandler
The TV Writer’s Workbook
In this unique hands-on-guide, television writer and producer Ellen Sandler shares the trade secrets she learned while writing for hit shows like "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Coach". She offers concrete advice on everything from finding a story to getting hired on a current series.
Filled with easy-to-implement exercises and practical wisdom, this ingenious how-to handbook outlines the steps for becoming a professional TV writer, starting with a winning script. Sandler explains the difference between "selling" and "telling," form and formula, theme and plot.
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Sarah Sentilles
A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit
Sentilles enters the lives of female ministers--women of various ages and races, in a range of churches--to paint the first real portrait of what it's like to serve as a woman of faith today. Sometimes triumphant, sometimes hilarious, sometimes painful, their stories take us from their calls to the pulpit through their ordinations and service in congregations. These women show us how the church can be more welcoming to the women who are its lifeblood. And in their inspiring determination to perform the ministry to which they are called, no matter what the obstacles, we might see the future of the church itself.
Sentilles was almost a priest. She earned her master of divinity degree from Harvard and is the author of Taught By America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton. |
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Sara Barron
People Are Unappealing
Sara’ collection of comic essays will be published by Three Rivers Press in Spring 2009. Sara’s work has also appeared in Mortified: The Big Book of Angst. She is the host of The Moth, and has appeared on NPR.
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Linda Ellison
The Spiral Jetty
Linda Ellison's THE SPIRAL JETTY, chronicling the author's journey from a fundamentalist Mormon upbringing to a diagnosis of cancer at age 23 — which her family believes is God's punishment for her Harvard education — and the personal theology and spirituality she comes to as a result.
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Erika Kawalek
Erika Kawalek's Ragpicker: The Secret History of a Wardrobe revealing the entire fashion ecosystem by tracing the social and technological history of eight of her favorite garments, bringing readers into fast-fashion factories, haute couture salons and secondhand clothing shops.
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Stephan Faris
Stephan is a contributor to Atlantic Monthly and Fortune. FORECAST (Henry Holt, 2008) is a surprising investigation into the varied ways -- political, strategic, and economic -- that climate change will affect the world in the near future.
For more about Stephan, go to www.stephanfaris.com
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Megan Kelley Hall
Hall's first novel, SISTERS OF MISERY (Kensington, 2008) is a modern-day gothic, teen saga, complete with witchcraft and runic mythology, set in the fictional town of Hawthorne, MA. Hall regularly writes for Elle, Glamour, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe, Parenting, American Baby, Working Mother, Better Homes and Gardens.com, More.com, Ladies and Home Journal.com, She studied creative writing at Skidmore College under the Pulitzer-Prize winning author Steven Millhauser.
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Aviva Yael and PM Chen
Former fashion director and writer at Vice magazine Aviva Yael and PM Chen’s No Regrets, a collection of photographs of the best the most ridiculous tattoos ever, with a forward by David Cross.
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Lennard Davis
DNA and Dad: One Man's Obsession to Find Himself, His Origins, and the Meaning of Life Through Genetic Testing (Bantam 2008) is a science-memoir that follows the author from a phone call that casts doubts on his paternity through his detective adventure to find out who his father really is. Lennard Davis, director of Project Biocultures, is a professor of English, medical education, and disability studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago; he is also an NPR commentator, journalist, op-ed writer, and novelist.
You can learn more at his website: www.lennarddavis.com
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Trish Ryan
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: A Memoir of Finding Faith, Hope, and Happily Ever After (Warner Faith, 2008)
A hilarious, honest, and thoughtful memoir about one woman's search for the right God...and the right guy.
To read more go to www.trishryanonline.com
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