Francesco Clark is the founder of Clark’s Botanicals, which has been featured in the New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and many other publications. His company has won the Fashion Group International Rising Star Award, Allure’s Best of Beauty Award (two years in a row), Fitness’s Beauty Award, Self’s Healthy Beauty Award, Cosmetic Executive Women’s Indie Brand of the Year 2008, as well as Wallpaper’s design award. He was featured in the PBS special, This Emotional Life. An ambassador for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, he lives in Bronxville, New York.

Corinne Demas is the author of Eleven Stories High: Growing Up in Stuyvesant Town, 1948–1968, a memoir; two collections of short stories; and numerous books for children. She divides her time between Western Massachusetts and Cape Cod. She has belonged to several writing circles.

Meghan McCain writes a weekly column for The Daily Beast. Prior to that, McCain worked on her father’s 2008 presidential campaign and created the website McCainBlogette.com, which provided a personal look at daily life on the campaign. Her children’s book, My Dad, John McCain, was a national bestseller. She lives in New York City.