Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his incredibly tolerant family and numerous personal demons.A graduate of the University of Florida, at age 23 he joined The Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the paper's weekly magazine and later its prize-winning investigations team. Since 1985 Hiaasen has been writing a regular column, which...

johanna Lindsey is one of the most popular authors of romantic fiction, with more than sixty million copies of her novels sold. World renowned for her novels of "first-rate romance" (New York Daily News), Lindsey is the author of forty-three previous bestselling novels, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Lindsey lives in Maine with her family.

Jamie Purviance graduated from Stanford University and the Culinary Institute of America (with high honors) before launching his career as a food writer for major magazines and newspapers, such as Bon Appetit, Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking Light, Eating Well, Fine Cooking, Town & Country, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of several popular cookbooks, including his latest, "Weber's...

Hey Guys!Tim and I have written 6 outdoor cookbooks that you gotta check out. Each book is a tested collection of recipes from outdoor experts from across the country!**Lipsmackin' Backpackin': Lightweight, Trail-Tested Recipes for Backcountry Trips**Lipsmackin' Vegetarian Backpackin'**The Scout's Outdoor Cookbook**The Scout's Dutch Oven Cookbook** The Scout's Large Groups Cookbook** The Scout's...

Jeannette Walls lives in Virginia and is married to the writer John Taylor. She is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has worked at several publications, including Esquire, USA Today, and New York.

Elizabeth Moon grew up on the Texas-Mexico border, a voracious reader and early writer. She spent much of her early years in a hardware store where nothing was in shrink-wrap or little plastic containers, and mule collars still hung on the back wall. She has a history degree from Rice University and a biology degree from the University of Texas at Austin, plus some graduate work in biology at the University...

Erin McKean is the founder and CEO of Wordnik.com. Previously, she was the editor in chief for American Dictionaries at Oxford University Press, and the editor of the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2E.Her books include Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and Wonderful Words, Totally Weird and Wonderful Words, and That's Amore (which is also a collection of words). The Secret Lives of Dresses is her first...

Lily Koppel writes for the New York Times and other publications. She lives in New York City. Joining intimate interviews with original diary entries, Koppel reveals the world of a New York teenager, obsessed with the state of her soul and her appearance, and muses on the serendipitous chain of events that returned the lost journal to its owner. Evocative and entrancing, The Red Leather Diary re-creates...

Michael Pocalyko, author of THE NAVIGATOR, is CEO of Monticello Capital, a boutique investment bank. He's been a steelworker, combat aviator, political candidate, venture capitalist, and global corporate chair. He has degrees from Muhlenberg, Harvard, and Wharton, and lives in northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.