Diane Whiteside http://www.dianewhiteside.com

By day, Diane Whiteside builds and designs computer systems for the federal government. By night, she escapes into a world of alpha males and the unique women who turn their lives upside down. Diane is thrilled and grateful readers enjoy these escapes as much as she does. She invites fans to visit her website at http://www.dianewhiteside.com for more insights into these worlds.  #

Anne Marie Winston http://www.annemariewinston.com

Anne Marie Winston's first novel, Best Kept Secrets, was published in 1992. She was the first Silhouette Desire Premier Author, and the book was the Runner-up to B. Dalton's Bestselling First Time Author in Short Contemporary. It also received Romantic Times Magazine's Certificate of Achievement for Best First Book. Since then, her writing career has been studded with awards and bestsellers, including #1 Waldenbooks Series Romance List bestsellers, #1 amazon.com Bestselling Silhouette Desires and many appearances on the USA TODAY extended bestseller list. The Pregnant Princess was the #1 bestseller on amazon.com's list of Bestselling Silhouette Desires for the twelve months following its publication. Lovers Reunion was a 2000 finalist for RWA's prestigious RITA award as well as a Romantic Times Magazine Top Pick. She has won Golden Leaf Awards from New Jersey Romance Writers for Billionaire Bachelors: Ryan, The Pregnant Princess, and her novella, The Maine Attraction. Island Baby, Chance at a Lifetime, and Unlikely Eden received Romantic Times Magazine Certificates of Achievement for Best Silhouette Desire while Carolina on My Mind received a Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Silhouette Desire. She also has been a final nominee for the Booksellers' Best Awards, the Janet Dailey Award, the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence, and the Holt Medallion. Anne Marie has served as Vice-President and Retreat Chair and sat on the Board of Directors for more than half a dozen terms. In 1991, she received WRW's Magic Crystal Award for outstanding service to the chapter. She has been a featured speaker at numerous RWA chapters and at their national conference in addition to many organizations outside the industry. A puppy raiser for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Anne Marie lives in southern Pennsylvania.   #

Rebecca York http://www.rebeccayork.com

A New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly best-selling author, Rebecca York (aka Ruth Glick) has written over 100 books. She has authored or co-authored more than 45 romantic suspense novels, many with paranormal elements. Killing Moon, the first book in her werewolf trilogy, was a launch book for Berkley’s new Sensation Romance imprint in June 2003. Edge of the Moon and Witching Moon followed. Because her werewolf books proved so popular, a fourth book in the “trilogy,” Crimson Moon, was published in January 2005. For many years, Ruth has also written Harlequin Intrigue’s very popular 43 Light Street series, set in Baltimore. Ruth’s many awards include two Rita finalist books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery. Nowhere Man was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book was selected as one of their Reviewers’ “all-time favorite 200 romances.” Ruth’s Killing Moon won the 2003 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for best Paranormal, and Witching Moon won that award for 2004. Michael Dirda of WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD says, “Her books . . . deliver what they promise: excitement, mystery, romance.” Ruth has been on the WRW Board of Directors and was given the WRW Outstanding Achievement Award and the Magic Crystal Award for service to WRW.  #