Cheryl Klam
A New York Times best-selling novelist, Cheryl has published 12 books, including young adult, science fiction, thrillers, and women’s fiction. She’s sold nearly a million copies worldwide and her books have been optioned for movies multiple times. Her young adult novel “The Pretty One” has sold nearly forty thousand copies and was a finalist for the Isinglass Award. Cheryl also appeared as a monster in the cult classic horror movie, The Evil Dead.
Brian Klam
Brian has created advertising campaigns for organizations like Rosetta Stone, Ritz Carlton, Discovery, Johns Hopkins University, Sprint, and many others, winning just about every creative award the advertising industry has to offer. He’s written TV shows for Nat Geo and his own shows have been optioned in Hollywood. He’s also been published in an anthology of well-known authors for Norton Press and received an MA in Creative Writing from Hollins College.
Rachel Schwartz
As the author of three non-fiction books, Rachel has been a guest on Good Morning America, the Today Show and an Irish radio station where she had difficulty deciphering the interviewer’s accent and defended gay marriage, but isn’t certain that’s what she had been asked about. As a journalist, she has written on political, cultural, social, science, and health and wellness issues for trade associations and magazines including U.S. News & World Report, Washingtonian, Salon and Jerusalem Report. As a communications director, Rachel has helped organizations develop and refine messaging that resonates across audiences. Her experience crafting books, articles and corporate messaging has combined to teach her not only how to tell a big, compelling story, but how to target that story to the audience who matters.