ELLEN BYERRUM is the author of the Lacey Smithsonian Crime of Fashion Mystery Series, set in Washington, D.C., the City That Fashion Forgot. Ellen is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters In Crime, and The Dramatist's Guild.

In addition to writing mysteries, Ellen is a trade press reporter in Washington, D.C., and a produced and published playwright. Two of her plays, A Christmas Cactus and Gumshoe Rendezvous, both detective comedies, are published by Samuel French, Inc., and are available at www.samuelfrench.com. She lives in Virginia with her husband. Ellen can be contacted by e-mail at laceysmithsonian@yahoo.com. EllenByerrum.com

NANCY COHEN is author of the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring hairstylist and salon owner Marla Shore. Marla untangles murder clues with sass and style under the sultry Florida sun. Killer Knots is the ninth title in this series that Publisher’s Weekly calls "fast-paced and jaunty." Nancy’s books have been nominated by RT BookClub for a Reviewer’s Choice Award and have made the IMBA Bestseller List. Active in the writing community, Nancy is listed in Contemporary Authors, Poets & Writers, and in Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets. More information on Nancy can be found at NancyJCohen.com.

LAURA DURHAM has been writing for as long as she can remember and has been plotting murders since she began planning weddings. After graduating from Duke University with a major in English, she realized she had few practical life skills. Once out in the "real world," Laura fell into wedding planning and started a wedding planning company in Washington, D.C.

In her nearly ten years of planning some of the city's most noteworthy weddings and working with some of the world's most neurotic brides, Laura has been featured in numerous national wedding magazines, has consistently been ranked one of the top wedding planners by Washingtonian magazine, and is the author of a wedding planning guide to be released in December 2005. LauraDurham.com

SUSAN McBRIDE is the author of the Debutante Dropout Mysteries for HarperCollins/Avon. The debut of the series, Blue Blood, won the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery of 2004, was on the IMBA bestsellers list for three months, was a Mystery Guild bestseller, and was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original. The Good Girl's Guide To Murder followed in February of 2005 and was a BookSense recommended title, an IMBA bestseller, a Mystery Guild bestseller, and an Anthony Award nominee for Best PBO. The third Deb Dropout Mystery, The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club, was a Mystery Guild bestseller and one of three finalists for the William Rockhill Nelson Award. The most recent addition to the series, Night of the Living Deb, hit bookshelves in February of 2007. The fifth installment, Too Pretty To Die, will be released in February of 2008.

Susan is also the author of a young adult series featuring debutantes in Houston, titled The Debs. The first of these books will be out from Delacorte in August of 2008. For more scoop, visit SusanMcBride.com.