Christina Katz has been teaching writers to cultivate thriving writing careers for the past decade. She is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal and Writer Mama, both from Writer?s Digest Books. In addition to writing books and articles, Christina publishes a weekly e-zine, The Prosperous Writer, hosts The Northwest Author Series, and coaches a hundred writers a year. Her website is www.christinakatz.com. She lives in Wilsonville, Oregon.