She is a member of Romance Writers of America and served as the first PRO Coordinator for RWA; founding president and current online campus chairperson of Hearts Through History Romance Writers; member of Celtic Hearts Romance Writers; member of The Golden Network; past conference chair and vice president of River City Romance Writer; ESPAN; Faith, Hope & Love, Inc. She has won or placed in over 43 historical romance contests and is a past Golden Hearts finalist.

A member of Sisters in Crime and the Malice in Memphis chapter of SinC., she loves history, has a particular fondness for the Greek through Medieval periods, and is glad research for her books has finally utilized her ability to speak Ecclesiastical Latin. Mary resides in Memphis, Tennessee with her Maltese dog: Regina Benita Catarina. Visit her blog http://marymccall.wordpress.com, website www.marymccall.net or e-mail her mary@marymccall.net.

Kathryn is a wife of 32 years (husband, Russell), mother (one son, James) and grandmother (two grandchildren, Caitlyn and Joshua). She was a graphic designer in the corporate world for 23 years; and has published with Dorchester, Kensington, Avalon Books, The Wild Rose Press, Damnation Books and Eternal Press. Recently, she crossed over into e-books as well as paperbacks.

She loves cats and nature, classic rock and country music (her brother, JS Meyer www.jsmeyermusic.com , is a singer/songwriter and does the songs for all the self-made book trailers that are on her websites).

VISIT her at www.myspace.com/kathrynmeyergriffith (to see all book trailers) or www.kathrynmeyergriffith.intuitwebsites.com

Recently she published with an e-book/paperback publisher called The Wild Rose Press: Egyptian Heart, 2008 (ancient Egyptian time travel romance); Winter's Journey, 2008 (a romantic suspense novel); The Ice Bridge, (a contemporary romance e-novel with a dose of murder mystery) and two ghostly short stories, Don't Look Back, Agnes and In This House. BEFORE THE END: A Time of Demons, an apocalyptic saga from Damnation Books, June 2010. The Woman in Crimson, an eternal love vampire novel, from Eternal Press, September 2010.

Writer/Producer/Director Jack Olesker has a career that spans over three decades.  During those more than thirty years, writing, producing and directing are the only fields of endeavor in which he has ever been involved.   

His professional career was launched in 1976 when his only copy of his first manuscript – sent unsolicited and in a shirt box – was plucked from the slush pile by G.P. Putnam’s Sons.  Film rights for the novel, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, were purchased by Sherry Lansing during her tenure at MGM.  (Lansing would go on to become Hollywood’s longest serving studio head, at Paramount Motion Pictures, producing films that include THE ACCUSED, FATAL ATTRACTION and TITANIC.)  The novel became a best seller. 

In ensuing years Olesker published five more novels -- THE SIEGE OF SUPERPORT, BEYOND FOREVER, THE YOUNG DRAGONS, CONFESSIONAL and CAST ON, BET’S OFF.  His novels were published by Putnam, Signet, New American Library, Pocket and Dorchester.  His screenplay, based upon his novel CONFESSIONAL, was purchased by Yale Wexler Productions.  Interestingly, his novels embrace the spectrum of various genres, including horror, police procedurals, suspense and a historical saga. 

In 1977 he moved to Los Angeles and wrote over 100 commercials, also serving as an editor at ENTREPRENEUR Magazine.  In 1982 he began his career in episodic television by writing for the children’s series, THE LITTLES.  Soon after he took a staff position at DIC Entertainment where he created, wrote and story-edited such children’s series as THE CARE BEARS, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS, HEATHCLIFF THE CAT, POPPLES, INSPECTOR GADGET and many others.   

As an independent writer in 1992, he created the series bible for Saban Entertainment’s internationally successful MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS.  He also created and wrote thirty-seven episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HE-MAN.  Olesker captured the Billboard Magazine Best Educational Video for writing KIDS HAVE RIGHTS, TOO and he also created the IT’S OKAY TO SAY NO TO DRUGS video. 

In 2007 his screenplay for NINJA KNIGHTS: WHEN WARRIOR WORLDS COLLIDE, was purchased by KEN Creative Studios, an India-based animation studio that secured Olesker’s services as studio president.  Serving as CEO of his own production company, 24/7 Productions, in November and December of 2009 he Executive Produced and Produced two documentaries in the Bahamas – JUNKANOO! and EMPOWERMENT: THE AMAZING GRACE.  In July of 2010 he will be producing and directing THE POWER OF 100 BLACK MEN for PBS.  Olesker’s 24/7 Productions has acquired the rights to develop a television series based upon the iconic children’s magazine JACK & JILL and is in a strategic alignment with WNIT Public Television to develop the series.  He has written the pilot episode and series bible for that project.

A frequent lecturer, he has appeared before The American Society of Journalists and Authors and in 2009 was the keynote speaker at the prestigious River Bend Film Festival.  In all Jack Olesker has written over one thousand episodes of television, eighteen films and published six novels.