Glenda Garland http://www.glendagarland.com

At 14, Glenda Garland started writing what she had learned at her engineer father’s knee: science fiction. Her first space opera still brings tears to her eyes. It’s the nostalgia as much as how bad it is, you see. Fortunately she also discovered Jane Austen and Agatha Christie, and is now the author of five Zebra Regency romances with mystery and intrigue, including the most recent, A Delightful Folly (3/05), which earned a Romantic Times’ Top Pick. Her next Regency, In Pursuit of a Proper Husband, is out in July, 2005. Since Glenda and her family have lived all over the country, she has belonged to many RWA chapters; you can believe her when she says WRW has a wonderful focus on craft and professionalism.   #

Dara Girard http://www.daragirard.com

Dara Girard is the author of three novels for BET Books: Table for Two, Gaining Interest and Carefree. As a member of WRW she has judged the Marlene Contest and has contributed articles to the Update Newsletter. On a national level, she has served on the Agent Relations Committe for RWA.  #

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.   #

Beth Harbison http://www.BethHarbison.com

Beth Harbison grew up in Potomac, Maryland, just a few miles from Washington, D.C in a family full of readers, including USA Today bestseller, Elaine Fox. In 1996 she sold her first romance, to Silhouette books, and went on to write another 20 romance novels for Silhouette, one of which was a finalist in RWA's RITA contest for Best Traditional. In 2007, Beth's hardcover fiction debut, Shoe Addicts Anonymous, will be a lead fiction release from St. Martin's Press. Beth currently lives in Ocean Pines, Maryland with her musician husband and two children.   #

Treva Harte http://www.trevaharte.com

Treva Harte claims taking care of the family's neurotic miniature dachshund and raising prepubescent kids is a full time job itself, but in addition she works as an attorney in a city with many other attorneys. She is also co-owner and Editor-in-Chief of the e-publishing company Loose Id. She and her husband both like writing in whatever time they have left, so they often fight over—sorry, since they are attorneys they negotiate—keyboard time. No wonder Treva’s particular brand of sensual romance is a bit offbeat and usually mixed with fantasy. Treva is multi-published with several e-publishers, a member of WRW, RWA, and PAN and winner of the CAPA 2003 award in the “Erotic Fantasy Romance” category.  #

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.  #