Wendy Wax, a former broadcaster, is the author of numerous novels, including Sunshine Beach, A Week at the Lake, While We Were Watching Downton Abbey, The House on Mermaid Point, Ocean Beach, and Ten Beach Road. The mother of two grown sons, she lives in the Atlanta suburbs with her husband and is doing her best to adjust to the quiet of her recently emptied nest.
Amy Rubinate, a professional actor and singer for more than a decade, has won the AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration, and NFA awards for poetry reading. She has narrated and provided character voices for many interactive children's books, toys, and video games, and her one-woman cabaret shows have been performed in New York and San Francisco.