Carrie Bickner-Zeldman, founder of Things I Learned the Hard Way, is a working mom and writer. She is a project director in one of NYC’s finest cultural institutions, and the author of Web Design on a Shoestring. She has been writing her personal site, Rogue Librarian, since early 2000. She speaks at web conferences and teaches at the Pratt Institute. Carrie lives with her husband, Jeffrey Zeldman, their daughter Ava, and their little dog Emile in New York City.

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Sandra Dalka-Prysby is a 62 year-young wife, mother of three and recent first-time grandmother from Beverly Hills, Michigan. “I’m not sure what was more emotional this past year—becoming a grandma or applying for Social Security!” A writer for most of her life—“I started by writing poetry at age six”—she earned a degree in mass communications and journalism and began her professional career as a newspaper reporter. She has freelanced for a number of publications for the past 30 years, including Family Circle and Fitness magazines.

After losing 170 pounds following a three-year journey of healthy eating and exercise, Sandra wrote the book Slow But Sure, which was published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1999; in paperback by Signet, 2001. In 1998, she became certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as a Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant. Currently, in addition to her writing career, she is a motivational speaker who has helped thousands of women of all ages succeed in their health and fitness goals.

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