Ellen Sussman is nationally bestselling author of four novels, A Wedding in Provence, The Paradise Guest House, French Lessons and On a Night Like This. She is also the editor of two anthologies, Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia Of Sex and Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave, which was a New York Times Editors Choice and a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller. She teaches writing through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes. She is the co-founder and co-director of Sonoma County Writers Camp. Her website is www.ellensussman.com [2].