Mary Alice Monroe http://www.maryalicemonroe.com

Mary Alice Monroe is a New York Times, USA Today bestselling author of eight novels. Awards include The Holt Medallion, The Maggie, The Write Touch, and three RITA finalists. Her books have received starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist. Mary Alice has been a member of WRW for nearly 20 years and is proud of winning the WRW Magic Crystal for service to the chapter. Mary Alice now lives with her husband, a psychiatrist, on Isle of Palms, South Carolina.   #

Linda Morelli http://www.lindamorelli.us/

Linda Morelli is the author of FIERY SURRENDER, a historical romance, SHADOW OF DOUBT, her award-winning romantic suspense, and LANI'S CHALLENGE, published by Port Town Publishing. Her short stories have been published in Port Town's anthologies, by New Age Dimensions, and by Fictionwise. A member of Romance Writers of America (RWA) and the Washington, DC Chapter of RWA, Washington Romance Writers (WRW), Linda has served the local chapter as Vice President and has chaired various WRW committees. She judged numerous national and regional writing contests, and is a permanent judge in RWA's annual Golden Heart Contest, and participates in discussion panels for various local libraries and organizations regarding every aspect of writing, especially romance novels. Linda's other memberships include, Author's Coalition, World Romance Writers, NUW (Not the Usual Way) Authors Community and several other author/writers' groups. She is a reviewer for My Shelf Reviews and the Historical Editor for Gotta Write Network Online. Linda has been a professional artist (and designs her own book covers), creative writer/editor, and a direct mail fundraiser. When she's not working as a part-time consultant and full-time mother, she writes novels, preferring romantic tales of passion and intrigue. She is currently writing her fourth novel. Linda lives in Maryland with her husband of twenty-six years and their two youngest children.  #

Janet Mullany http://www.janetmullany.com

Janet Mullany came to the Washington DC area from England via Kansas and Colorado, and has worked as an archaeologist, radio announcer, arts administrator, and editor/proofreader for a small press. Her first book, Dedication, an erotic historical cunningly disguised as a Signet Regency, was published in September 2005. In 2007 her Regency chicklit, The Rules of Gentility was published, and she made her debut as Jane Lockwood with Forbidden Shores, an erotic historical. Janet gives a workshop on servants and, with author Pam Rosenthal, a workshop on how to write hot historicals.   #

Sophia Nash http://www.sophianash.com

Sophia Nash's first three Regency romances won six national awards, including a RITA award, Romantic Times Award for Best Regency Romance, a spot on Booklist's "Top Ten Romances of the Year," RRA's Best Debut Romance of the Year, and more. Her first single title Historical from Avon/Harper Collins will hit the shelves the summer of 2007. Raised in America and France, Sophia began her writing career as a television producer for CBS, and also held stints as a congressional speechwriter, and a nonprofit CEO before pursuing her long-held dream of writing fiction. She has held several posts within the Washington Romance Writers organization, including WRW Retreat Chair and Programs Chair. Readers may learn more about her national award-winning novels via her website: http://www.sophianash.com.  #

Sherri Neilson http://www.sherrineilson.com

Sherri Neilson is a web programmer on weekdays and a writer on the weekends. She lives near Harpers Ferry, WV, with her husband, Bob, and Siberian Husky, Thena. Her first novel, Free Falling, ISBN# 1-59129-841-5, was released in October, 2002, by Publish America. This book takes place in antebellum South Carolina and traces the journey of a woman who relives a past life there under hypnosis. Since then, she's written something in every genre imaginable. She has been a member of WRW and RWA for over two years and has written the WRW Classifieds column for over a year. While writing is her main interest, she also enjoys hiking and needlepoint.  #

Pamela Palmer http://www.pamelapalmer.net

Pamela Palmer admits to a passion for all things paranormal, fed by years of Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tolkien's classic, The Lord of the Rings. Though she grew up wanting to be an astronaut (until she realized the space shuttle wasn't likely to get her beyond Earth's orbit), she became an industrial engineer for a major computer maker before surrendering to the romantic, exciting, other-worldly stories that crowded her head, demanding to be told. Her writing has won numerous awards including the prestigious Golden Heart. Pamela has been a member of WRW for more years than she cares to count and has co-coordinated both the Marlene Contest and the Harpers Ferry Retreat Programs, among other things.  #