Eileen Goudge (b. 1950) is one of the nation s most successful authors of women s fiction. She began as a young adult writer, helping to launch the phenomenally successful "Sweet Valley High" series, and in 1986 she published her first adult novel, the "New York Times "bestseller "Garden of Lies".She has since published twelve more novels, including the three-book saga of Carson Springs, and "Thorns of Truth", a sequel to "Gardens of Lies". She lives and works in New York City.

Susan Boyce earned her BA from the University of Rhode Island, then began a stage career as a song-and-dance new age vaudevillian. Her experience includes narrating documentaries, computer adventure games, and audiobooks.