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KEREN BLANKFELD is a long-form journalist with a special interest in investigative narrative nonfiction. A former staff writer for Forbes, her stories have also appeared in The New York Times, Reuters, the Toronto Star, and other publications. She teaches reporting and writing at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has also taught at New York University’s graduate school. She has been a guest on CNN, BBC World News, and E! Entertainment. In 2013, Blankfeld served as a creative executive at New Regency Productions, where she worked with screenwriters and playwrights to develop material for movies and TV shows. She holds a B.A. in international relations and English from Tufts University and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. Blankfeld lives in New York with her husband and two sons.

ROCHELLE B. WEINSTEIN is the USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of seven novels, including What You Do To Me ((Lake Union Publishing), When We Let Go, This Is Not How It Ends, Somebody’s Daughter, and Where We Fall. Weinstein spent her early years with a book always in hand, raised by the likes of Sidney Sheldon and Judy Blume. A former entertainment industry executive, she splits her time between South Florida and North Carolina. When she’s not writing, she can be found sharing monthly book recommendations at NBC-6 Miami, AQUA Magazine, Women Writers, Women's Books; teaching workshops at Nova Southeastern University; and hiking, reading, and finding the world’s best nachos.