Rene Gutteridge is the author of twenty-two novels, including Misery Loves Company, Heart of the Country, and Greetings from the Flipside. She is also a screenwriter and is releasing her first feature film, Skid, in 2014. She lives with her musician husband, Sean, and their children in Oklahoma. Visit her website at www.renegutteridge.com. Rik Swartzwelder is a writer-director-producer whose films have screened at over 145 film festivals worldwide and garnered over 50 major awards, including a Crystal Heart Award, a CINE Special Jury Award, and the Sprint/PCS Filmmaker of the Future Award.