Booklist says, "Walker quite simply snatches the reader's mind."

Robert W. Walker has written and published a book a year, and sometimes two and three in a calendar year, and is now working on his 42nd novel with his 8th series character. His most popular series has been the Instinct Series and the Edge Series. With no signs of slowing, having written three novels in the last 18 months, Robert is currently awaiting publication of a new series entitled City for Ransom, set in 1893 Chicago--a Conan Doyle\Dickensian romp through the past with a serial killer and as backdrop the Chicago World's Fair. He is also completing work on Cuba Blue, a modern day suspense series set in Havana, Santiago, and all of Cuba with a female lead who promises to be far more than Instinct's Jessica Coran transplanted in Cuba. He also teaches at Mountain State College in Beckley, West Virginia.

Kit Wilson was born in the foothills of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains. At the early age of eleven she began writing poetry. Her poem Every Drop of the Rain was published in 2003 on poetry.com and in the book Patterns of Life. Although her genre is poetry, she has authored a children’s story and a true story.

As the owner of Blue Ridge Foothills Books On-line Bookstore and Small Press Publisher, she houses her books as well as those of other authors.

Kit is a member of NABE, The Virginia Writers Club, and The Binding Time Book Club. She will be participating August 6, 2005 in Read Martinsville reading her children’s story, The Blue Penguin, giving poetry readings, and lecturing on “What are E-books?”

At Book 'Em Kit will be signing copies of The Blue Penguin and Destiny Revealed. 

Nancy Means Wright is the author of eleven books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, including five mystery novels from St. Martin's Press: Mad Season, Harvest of Bones, Poison Apples, Stolen Honey, and just out in April '05, Mad Cow Nightmare-all set in the fictional town of Branbury, Vermont, and featuring earthy, hot-tempered, fiercely independent dairy farmer Ruth Willmarth.

Nancy's novella, Fire and Ice, set during the 1998 northeastern ice storm, appeared in Worldwide Mystery's Crimes of Passion. A former teacher, Bread Loaf Scholar, and current book discussion facilitator for the Vermont Humanities Council, Nancy lives and writes on a dirt road in Cornwall, Vermont. 

Author J.B. Yount spent fifteen years compiling information, interviewing friends, family, and students, and finally writing the remarkably intimate, comprehensive, and compelling biography of Lao Russell, whose University of Science and Philosophy at Swannanoa had followers among the rich and famous, including Eddie Albert (who wrote the introduction), Gloria Swanson, Melford Okilo, Barry Goldwater, Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Shirley MacLaine, Tallulah Bankhead, Paul Fisher, and John Denver.

J.B. Yount had unprecedented access to Lao Russell, succeeding his father as her personal counsel in 1974. He is chairman of the board of the University of Science and Philosophy, longtime trustee and president emeritus of Fishburne Military School, and board member of the American Byron Society. He is also the city attorney and former mayor of Waynesboro, Virginia.

You won't want to miss this exciting author and his newest release, Remembered for Love: Lao Russell of Swannanoa !

Darlene Zagata is a freelance writer and author. Her work has appeared in numerous electronic and print publications. Ms. Zagata is the New Age Editor at RITRO.com and a monthly columnist for Moon Shadows Magazine.

Her two books, Aftertaste: A Collection of Poems and The Choosing were spawned by the untimely and tragic death of her husband. She is currently working on other book projects. Although much of her time is spent crafting the written word, Ms. Zagata is also actively involved as an animal advocate and environmentalist. She is a visionary who passionately seeks to make the world a better place one step at a time. In her own words, "Each day is an inspiration and an opportunity. Be inspired. Make a difference."