Carter Jefferson

Carter Jefferson, a retired history professor, psychotherapist, and former journalist, has published a biography and numerous scholarly articles and book reviews, as well as reviews in metropolitan newspapers. Recently he has written fiction and essays for Web publications.

Here is his website.

Ruth Douillette

Ruth Douillette is a middle-school teacher in Massachusetts. She writes profiles and features for her town paper, and appears as a regular guest on Around the Table, a local cable talk show. Her essays have been published in the Christian Science Monitor, flashquake, a soon to be released Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Under Our Skin, an anthology about breast cancer. Her photography has been featured in flashquake's gallery of art. Ruth is a member of the Internet Writing Workshop where she co-administers the Practice group. For a sample of her writing and photography, visit Upstream and Down~.

Gary Presley

Gary Presley resides in Springfield, Missouri, retired after a career spent primarily in insurance customer service. He wrote sporadically for decades, never publishing other than in local small town newspapers, although he once had a job writing news and advertising copy for a radio station. He only began serious study of the craft after entering and winning a regional essay contest. Since then, his essays have appeared in publications ranging from Salon.com to Notre Dame Magazine to The Ozark Mountaineer. His memoir, tentatively titled Riding Lessons: Learning by the Seat of My Pants will be published by the University of Iowa Press in Fall 2008. You can follow his journey through postings to his personal Web site .

Bob Sanchez

Bob Sanchez created and maintains this website. A retired technical writer and editor and a first-time published novelist (When Pigs Fly), Bob now writes fiction and magazine articles. His recent work has appeared in El Paso Magazine, in SouthWest Sage, and in On Point, a magazine devoted to military history.

Bob invites you to visit his website and his blog, A Writer's Haven.

Julie McGuire

Julie McGuire's love affair with books began long before she could read them. When she was an infant, she took all the books off her grandmother's bookshelf and surrounded herself with them. Today, she is still surrounded by piles upon piles of books. A paralegal by day, Julie also freelances for Work Magazine, and Urge,both Richmond-area publications. Her work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor and in numerous small publications. She lives in Virginia with her two brilliant boys, and superhero husband. She does not currently have a website—she's too busy reading.