Ohio Valley Romance Writers of America

	Lacey Alexander Lacey Alexander‘s books have been called deliciously decadent, unbelievably erotic, exceptionally arousing, blazingly sexual, and downright sinful. In each book, Lacey strives to take her readers on the ultimate erotic adventure and hopes her books will encourage women to embrace their sexual fantasies. Lacey resides in the Midwest with her husband, and when not penning romantic erotica, she enjoys history and traveling, often incorporating favorite travel destinations into her work.


	Jules Bennett


	Toni Blake Toni Blake‘s love of writing began when she won an essay contest in the fifth grade. However, it wasn‘t until 1994 that Toni seriously began to pursue her dreams of being a writer. In 1996, she was the recipient of the Kentucky Women Writers Fellowship as well as a nominee for the prestigious Pushcart Prize, and she soon had over thirty short stories and articles published. She began writing romance at the urging of a friend and sold her first novel in 1998. Since that time, Toni has written romance novels for Kensington, Harlequin, Warner Books, Signet Eclipse, and Avon. She strives to give readers heroines they can relate to and heroes they can fall in love with. Toni lives with her husband in a suburb of Cincinnati and, when not writing, enjoys traveling, genealogy, and a variety of crafts. You can learn more about Toni and her books at www.ToniBlake.com.


	Kathryn R Blake Kathryn R. Blake has been writing romantic fantasies for over twenty years. She invites you to spend a moment in her world with cursed dukes, ancient vampires and powerful wizards who battle evil and face terrifying challenges to protect the women they love, and who love them back despite all odds.


	Dianne Castell Award winning author Dianne Castell writes for Harlequin American and Kensington, Brava. THE WEDDING RESCUE won RT‘s Reviewers Choice Award for Best Harlequin American and A FABULOUS HUSBAND (10/05) made the Waldenbooks Bestseller list. Dianne lives in Cincinnati with her husband, four kids and a cat. She sails, gardens, shops, watches movies, and will do just about anything besides housework. If you can think of other ways to get her out of even more housework sheÆd love to hear about it at DianneCastell.com.


	Billie Warren Chai I love to read and I have to write. My first stories were written back in the olden days of junior high school. Characters filled my mind and told me stories while I recuperated from a knee injury. My priorities changed when my first child was born in 1993. The characters returned when I was pregnant with my second child. They just would not leave me alone. I considered writing mysteries, but became frustrated due to the time commitments for research and not knowing what I was doing. Unfortunately I put them away at some point and concentrated on my future. It has taken me this long to figure how to write the stories my characters give me. Let me tell you, it is exhausting all of them clamoring at once for their story to be told, but they have learned I will get to them. I am honored to have a story included in Blue Moon Magic from Highland Press. I am proud to be published by Highland Press. The high quality of writing from all the contributors is amazing, The professionalism of Leanne Burroughs and her staff is unheard of in the publishing industry. I look forward to writing for them in the future.


	Ann Christopher Ann Christopher practiced law for six years. She "retired" several years ago, before the birth of her second child, to stay home full-time, little realizing that being a lawyer was the easier job. TROUBLE, her second novel (the first was just for practice), placed third in the 2004 Orange Rose Contest and is a July 2006 Dafina Books release. A second novel for Dafina will follow in 2007. You can contact Ann through her website at www.annchristopher.com.


	Gia Dawn Gia Dawn has been a Massage Therapist, Bookstore Owner, and Bartender - obviously having problems deciding what she wanted to be when she grew up. But she has always loved romance, from the very first books she snuck into church to read as a girl, much to the chagrin of her pious grandmother. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, and has two wonderful mostly grown sons. She loves her cats - all black, of course, and anything mystical or magical.


	Shelley Galloway


	Xandra Gregory Xandra Gregory writes ultra-hot erotic romances about extraordinary lovers in exotic settings. When she s not galaxy-hopping through the Civilized Worlds, she lives in the American Midwest, in the middle of a cornfield, which everyone knows is the best place for starships to land without getting harrassed by the government. Xandra writes for Liquid Silver Books and is an active member of Romance Writers of America, Ohio Valley RWA, and the Passionate Ink Erotic Romance chapter.


	Heather Grothaus Heather lives in northern Kentucky with her family and two extremely cute (but terribly ill-mannered) dogs. The dogs are currently accepting fan mail at www.HeatherGrothaus.com.


	Denise Gwen Denise Gwen’s new young adult novel, House of Wacks, was recently accepted by the Wild Rose Press, Climbing Rose line. A release date has not yet been set.


	Marcia James Marcia James writes hot, humorous romances and finaled in eleven RWA chapter contests before selling her first comic romantic suspense, AT HER COMMAND, to Cerridwen Press. In June 2009, her short story, "Rescue Me", will appear in a Berkley charity anthology along with stories by other authors, including Stella Cameron and Lori Foster. In her "day job", Marcia is an advertising copywriter and PR consultant. In her eclectic career, she has shot submarine training videos, organized celebrity-filled nonprofit events and had her wedding covered by People Magazine. In addition, she presents author promotion workshops and writes a PR column for RWA‘s Kiss of Death chapter newsletter.


	Rosemary Laurey


	Mary Lennox


	Cathy Liggett


	Donna MacMeans


	Mona Risk A former Ph.D. in Chemistry and director of an environmental analytical laboratory, Mona Risk traveled a lot for business or vacation. Over the years, she visited thirty-five countries, fell in love with Europe, and kept writing her memoirs. She was in a hotel room in Ukraine, typing her latest report, when she decided to take an early retirement and share the excitement of her travels with real readers. Five years ago Mona and her husband moved to Fort Lauderdale, FL. Her desk now faces the ocean that she loves so much. Mona’s first book, TO LOVE A HERO, is a Romantic Suspense set in Belarus, to be released by Cerridwen Press on January 08. Mona also writes Medical Romances set in different countries.


	Patricia Sargeant Award-winning author Patricia Sargeant writes romantic suspense and contemporary romance. Patricia‘s romantic suspense You Belong To Me earned third place in the 2006 Reviewers International Organization‘s Award of Excellence in the Favorite Debut Novel Category. Raised in New York City, Patricia now lives in Ohio with her husband.


	Jan Scarbrough A professional technical writer by day, Jan Scarbrough spends her nights writing romance. She is a member of Novelist, Inc., the Romance Writers of America, PASIC, and the Kentucky Romance Writers, where she manages their award-winning web site. Jan has written for Kensington and ImaJinn Books, and currently has contracts with The Wild Rose Press and Resplendence Publishing. She is the mother of two grown children and a very “young” grandmother. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky, and rides American Saddlebred horses for fun and recreation.


	Michele Stegman When I spent a year‘s sabbatical in San Antonio with my husband, Ron, and our two daughters, Kira and Shana, I never knew it would inspire a contemporary romance. After all, I live in a 165 year old log cabin, weave and spin, make my own soap, and have published two historical romances. But the plot for Mr. Right‘s Baby just popped into my head and I knew I had to write this story.


	Kay Stockham Kay Stockham has done a little bit of everything. She‘s worked as a legal secretary, an office manager, and then expanded her abilities to include child rearing, and home building and remodeling. Now she‘s quite happy as a stay-at-home mom/remodeler/writer who sold her seventh completed manuscript to Harlequin Superromance in February 2005, and hit the Waldenbooks Bestseller list a few months later with her debut novel, Montana Secrets. Her second book, Man With A Past will be out in May, 2006, and she completed her first year in publishing by signing an additional two-book contract (dates,titles TBA). Kay says she used to wonder if she‘d ever sale a manuscript, but having sold four in a year, she now realizes it‘s a matter of perseverance, patience and the ability to avoid housework by locking herself in her newly remodeled home office. For news, a monthly contest, and a reasonably up-to-date blog regarding the ins and outs of the publishing business from a newbie‘s perspective, visit her at www.kaystockham.com


	Ann Warner With a Ph.D. in Chemistry and a past career as a Clinical Chemist and Toxicologist Ann Warner might be expected to write a medical thriller or a mystery with a poisoner as the villain. Instead, she finds herself drawn to writing intensely emotional stories about characters dealing with loss and fractured dreams. Ann has lived in Australia, Puerto Rico, and all over the United States, and has traveled extensively in Europe, the Caribbean, South America, Australia and New Zealand. These experiences serve as a rich resource from which she creates compelling and unconventional characters and settings.


	Heather Webber


	Gwen Williams Gwen Williams has been writing for many years and is thrilled to have finally sold her first novel, Fantasy Daze. Fantasy Daze was released by Liquid Silver Books on October 1, 2007 in e-book format.


	Sariah S. Wilson