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author bio Shelley Abreu is a freelance writer living on Cape Cod with her husband and two playful young daughters. Her work has appeared in print and online.

author bio Kathryn J. Alexander is co-author of Easy Labor, Every Woman's Guide to Choosing Less Pain and More Joy During Childbirth (Ballantine Books, 2006). Her work has appeared in ePregnancy, Boston Parent and Storknet.com. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and two daughters.

author bio Greg Allen's films have screened at MoMA's Documentary Fortnight, and at the DoubleTake, Berlinale, and Palm Springs film festivals. Greg began publishing Daddy Types, the weblog for new dads in early 2004, right before his daughter was born. He lives in New York City and Washington, DC.

author bio Steve Almond is the author of the story collection My Life in Heavy Metal (Grove 2002), the nonfiction book Candyfreak (Algonquin, 2004) and the essay collection (Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions. Check out candyfreak.com.

author bio Lisa Armstrong is an award-winning journalist who has written for several publications including National Geographic, Parade, In Style, The Washingtonian, Parents, Working Mother and Ms.

author bio Sam Apple's work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, and Slate.com, among many other publications. His first book, Schlepping Through the Alps, was named a finalist for the PEN America award for a first work of nonfiction. In 2005 he received the annual Faux Faulkner award. Apple's next book, American Parent, will be published in 2008.

author bio Shalom Auslander is the author of the story collection Beware of God. His work has appeared in Esquire, Nerve, and The New York Times, and on National Public Radio's This American Life. Foreskin's Lament, a work of non-fiction, will be published in 2007

Colette LaBouff Atkinson recently finished a prose poem manuscript, MEAN. Her work has appeared in Los Angeles Times Magazine, Seneca Review, Santa Monica Review, POOL and elsewhere. She lives in southern California.

author bio Miriam Axel-Lute is a freelance writer, editor and poet. She is an award-winning columnist for Metroland, and lives in Albany with her two partners and daughter. Her website is mjoy.org.

author bio Rebecca Barry's nonfiction has appeared in The Washington Post, Glamour, The New York Times, and Best American Travel Writing. Her fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, and Best New American Voices. Her first book, Later, at the Bar, was published in May. She lives in Trumansburg, NY.

author bio Jennifer Baumgardner is a Brooklyn-based magazine writer and author. She is the co-author of Manifesta and Grassroots, and the author of Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics.

author bio Katie Bayless left the world of high school English teaching to become a writer whose work has appeared in print and online. She now spends her days contemplating the next sippy cup design and how to break her addiction to vanilla soy lattes. She lives in Ventura, CA with her husband and son.

author bio Erin Blakeley is a freelance writer and journalist whose work has appeared in the Star Ledger, NYC24, and Tiempo, among other publications. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and son.

author bio Tara Bishop a physician with degrees from MIT and Cornell. Her writing has appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine and Clinical Geriatrics. She lives in New York with her husband and two sons and is at work on a novel.

author bio Kim Brooks has written for Glimmer Train, One Story, Epoch and the Missouri Review. She also writes non-fiction for The Crier. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son.

author bio Journalist Meredith Broussard is the editor of two anthologies, The Dictionary of Failed Relationships: 26 Stories of Love Gone Wrong and The Encyclopedia of Exes. She blogs occasionally at her website, www.failedrelationships.com.

author bio Victoria G. Brown writes and teaches English at a local community college. She's finishing up her first novel (yay!), and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their absolutely amazing, what's-a- nap daughter, Ms. Helen Dekker 'coco-bean' Thornberry.

author bio Lily Burana is the author of the alt.country romance  Try and the memoir Strip City. Her website is lilyburana.com.

author bio Aaron Burgess lives with his wife and their three wonderful boys in Austin, Texas, where he supports his freelance-writing career with a daytime gig in the high-tech industry. He is a regular contributor to SPIN, Harp, Revolver, The Onion A.V. Club, Alternative Press and the St. Louis Riverfront Times.

author bio Babble editor-in-chief Ada Calhoun is also a blogger for AOL News, a consulting editor at Nerve.com, and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review. Her writing has appeared in New York magazine, Marie Claire, Salon.com and the anthology One of the Guys.

author bio Sara Cardace is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in New York Magazine, the Washington Post, and Interview. The baby pictured at left does not belong to her.

author bio Lisa Crystal Carver lives, and will probably die, in New Hampshire.

author bio Jennifer Cattaui went pre-med, spent some years as a tax lawyer, and opened a baby boutique. Now, she writes for fashion and lifestyle publications, has a blast with her hubby and two girls, and continues to dazzle the kinderset at her shop, Babesta.

author bio A recent graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Justin Clark has written for L.A. Weekly, Psychology Today, Black Book, Architecture, Fuse, and The Fader, among other publications. He is currently researching a history of the American child prodigy, and writing a mystery novel set in Los Angeles.

author bio Marisa Cohen is a freelance writer and mother of two girls. Her work has appeared in Glamour, Time Out New York, Self, Parents, Fit Pregnancy, and More. She is the author of Deliver This! Make the Childbirth Choice That's Right for You — No Matter What Everyone Else Thinks.

author bio Lisa Selin Davis is the author of the novel Belly (Little Brown) and a freelance journalist. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Interior Design, New York and This Old House.

author bio Will Doig writes for all sorts of fabulous and exciting magazines. He was raised in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Today he lives in Brooklyn.

author bio Deirdre Dolan is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She has written columns for the New York Observer and the National Post, and is the author of Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Book. She is the co-author of The Complete Organic Pregnancy.


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