Shirley Hailstock
http://www.geocities.com/shailstock
Shirley Hailstock is the author of seventeen novels and novellas. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Holt Medallion, the Barclay Gold Award and the Waldenbooks Best-selling Romance Award. Romantic Times awarded her a Career Achievement Award and one of her books made the Top 100 Romances of the 20th Century list. Shirley's books have appeared on Blackboard and the Library Journal Best Seller Lists. Shirley is a past president of Romance Writers of America. #
Yvonne Harren
http://www.rockville8.blogspot.com
Yvonne used to be a member of WRW waaaaay back in the day. She worked on the newsletter for 3 years, back when it was still printed on real paper. More recently she assisted in the redesign of the WRW website and ended up being the website wrangler for several years. She also served on the WRW BOD for five years. She won the Marlene contest twice, once for each lifetime. Now she's working on her writing (paranormal romance & YA). #
Kim Headlee
http://www.kimberlyiverson.com
Kim Headlee has been a member of RWA and WRW since 1997. She enjoys judging the Marlene contest each year. She also has helped compile bookstore mailing lists and volunteers at the annual Retreat whenever possible. Her first novel, Dawnflight, was published in 1999 and garnered rave reviews, awards and award nominations. Writing as Kimberly Iverson, her novel Liberty was published in 2006 by HQN Books. She currently resides on her farm—complete with a cave and the remains of a 200-year-old homestead—in southwestern Virginia with her husband, children, and assorted cattle, goats, cats, fish and sundry wildlife, including turkeys and deer. #
Elizabeth Holcombe
http://www.ElizabethHolcombe.com
Elizabeth Holcombe began writing romance in 1998. Her first romance, Heaven and the Heather, set in 16th century Scotland during the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, was released by Jove in November of 2002. Heavean and the Heather was nominated by Romantic Times for Best First Historical Romance of 2002 as well as being a HOLT Medallion Finalist for Long Historical. Heaven and the Heather was released in Russian in 2004. Elizabeth has served for her local chapter of RWA, Washington Romance Writers, as Programs Chair, which included two programs on romance for The Smithsonian, and as President from 2001-2002. When she is not writing her next novel, Elizabeth creates one-of-a-kind purses and totes. She had sold over 450 of them through internet auctions to customers all over the USA and the world. Her pride and joy is her marriage since 1986 to her husband Dan, her son, Owen, who amazes her every day, and her pets which are often too friendly. #
Elizabeth Holcombe began writing romance in 1998. Her first romance, Heaven and the Heather, set in 16th century Scotland during the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, was released by Jove in November of 2002. Heavean and the Heather was nominated by Romantic Times for Best First Historical Romance of 2002 as well as being a HOLT Medallion Finalist for Long Historical. Heaven and the Heather was released in Russian in 2004. Elizabeth has served for her local chapter of RWA, Washington Romance Writers, as Programs Chair, which included two programs on romance for The Smithsonian, and as President from 2001-2002. When she is not writing her next novel, Elizabeth creates one-of-a-kind purses and totes. She had sold over 450 of them through internet auctions to customers all over the USA and the world. Her pride and joy is her marriage since 1986 to her husband Dan, her son, Owen, who amazes her every day, and her pets which are often too friendly. #
Suzanne Kaufman Kalb
Suzanne Kaufman Kalb lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children. She’s been writing since she first began her Harriet, the Spy beat thirty-four years ago. Over the years, her body of work has evolved from the free-form style of journal ranting to her current focus of Women’s Fiction. #
Catherine Kent
http://www.catherinekent.com
Catherine Kent is a born romantic and unabashed lifetime fan of Hayley Mills’ Pollyanna. (Anyone who knows her will not be surprised by this admission!) Movies were her first love, but reading is her one true addiction. The world of books really took flight for her when, at the tender age of ten, her grandmother gave her a paper bag full of Harlequin romance novels and an instant fan was born! Catherine left behind her first career as a high-tech trainer and management consultant in the spring of 1998—a decision made in a heartbeat when her nanny fell unconscious while tending her two children! (Catherine salutes all working mothers, whom she knows have nerves of steel!) Now she hopes to become a published (and published, and published…) author. In pursuit of that dream, she has just completed her first full-length manuscript, a women’s fiction novel with strong romantic elements, titled After the Rain. She is thrilled to have found WRW and RWA, through which she can learn from the experience of so many fine writers. Catherine has won awards for her poetry, and hopes that bodes well for her new career. A firm believer in giving back, she considers it an honor to serve WRW as current Membership Chair. Catherine lives in Northern Virginia with her husband (Prince Valiant), their two children (a boy and a girl), and their yellow English Lab, named Taxicab. #
