|  Enjoying a laugh at one of the panels at HNS 2009 |  With Catherine delors, showing off her book on my Kindle |  With Sheramy Bundrick at HNS | 
|  Jane Rotrosen Agency clients at HNS Conference |  Speaking on the writer's life at the Southern California Writers Conference |  With niece Melanie at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix | 
|  Speaking at the Brandeis University Alumni Association  luncheon |  with my sister (and my toughest critic) at the San Diego Book Awards |  With my sister, Lynn, and friends at the San Diego Book Awards | 
|  Celebrating at my friend Elizabeth's the night of the San Diego Book Awards |  In New York for the Christopher Awards, visiting my agent, Meg Ruley |  With author Stephanie Cowell in New York | 
|  With friends June and Elizabeth at the San Diego Book Awards |  With friend June after receiving the Theodor S Geisel Award (the hat was a bonus!) |  Signing at Book Works (Del Mar)  event with author Lisa Fugard | 
|  With Sarah Landis, my editor for THE FOUR SEASONS.  Thanks, Sarah, for your great work! |  With Diane Ackerman at a reception in her honor at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center |  Laurel at CostCo with The Four Seasons | 
|  At the Christopher Awards, holding my medallion for UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH |  |  Awarded to UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH |