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April 2010 Camille Noe Pagán sold her first novel, The Art of Forgetting, at auction to Dutton/Penguin, for publication in June 2011

Vanessa McGrady's new blog, ThriftScore, is up and she's having a great time writing about the environmental, economic and fashion-forward benefits of thrift shopping. It's at www.artofthefind. blogspot.com

California will be a frequent destination for Marian Calabro this year, as she researches and writes a 100-year history of The Clorox Company in Oakland. Another centennial history, written by Heidi Tyline Kingfor the Fortune 200 energy company Dominion, will be published in May by Marian's firm CorporateHistory.net

Natalie Canavor'sbook, The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (Pearson/FT Press), co-authored with Claire Meirowitz, presents an easy-to-absorb, grammar-free strategy for crafting powerful print and e-communications that work in our high-speed digital age

Colleen Fliedneris writing a travel guidebook for Globe Pequot Press called Quick Escapes From Orange County. In addition, she has several articles coming out in AAA Westways Magazine, including a feature about Dorland Arts Colony in the Temecula, CA area

Robert Miskimon's The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Treehouse (Atlantic Press) was published in February

Nancy Rubin Stuartis the new director of the Cape Cod Writers Center Conference which takes place at the Craigville Conference Center in Centerville, MA, in August

Chrystle Fiedler's new book Beat Sugar Addiction Now! (Fairwinds Press) was published in March. Chrystle wrote the book with noted holistic physician Jacob Teitelbaum, MD

Washington, DC, freelancer Rachel S. Coxrecently signed a contract with New American Library for her book His Majesty's Yanks: The Untold Story of the Five Patriotic Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army. She met her agent, Andrew Stuart, at a 2009 ASJA conference session

Jones Beach: An Illustrated History, John Hanc's 2007 book on the history of one of the New York area's most iconic outdoor attractions, has been published in soft-cover by Globe Pequot Press. Hanc has done over 40 talks and appearances at bookstores and libraries since the book was originally published

Bestselling wedding author Sharon Naylor has been named president of the New York chapter of Wish Upon a Wedding, granting wedding and civil union wishes to people battling life-threatening illnesses. She has also been named the celebrity wedding advice guru at Weddzilla.com

Cindy La Ferle has an essay about creating her Zen garden in the March/April issue of Victoria magazine

Specializing in fitness and health, certified trainer Linda Melone writes a regular nutrition column for Oxygen magazine and is a contributing fitness editor and columnist for Women's Running. Her nutrition degree and creativity in the kitchen also enable her to create tasty, healthy recipes to accompany her food stories. Last year the International Food Technologists' convention hired her as a stringer for their 2009 Anaheim conference

Andrea Cooper won the Gene S. Stuart Award from the Society for American Archaeology. The award and $2,000 prize are given annually for the best newspaper/magazine article or series focusing on archaeology. The story described how the Eastern Band of the Cherokee are using archaeology to uncover their cultural history

Lisa Palmer recently completed The Green Jobs Guide, a reporting guide for journalists covering the emerging green jobs beat. Palmer, who has relocated to the Washington, D.C., area, continues to write business, environment, and general assignment articles for national magazines and online media

Liza N. Burby announces the first anniversary of Long Island Parent magazine, a publication she started last January after being laid off from Newsday. The print publication is supported by an interactive online community, www. liparentonline.com, which launched with the magazine. Both have emerged as industry leaders in the regional market

Nonnie Thompson has won her third consecutive Boating Writers International Annual Writing contest award. She is currently in the final stages of her narrative nonfiction book

Nan Chase has published Eat Your Yard! (Gibbs Smith), a richly illustrated book that combines landscape design advice with unusual recipes for fresh produce. She will be promoting the book at organic food and garden workshops from San Francisco to Atlanta, and making bookstore appearances in between

A shorter, full-color, much-revised edition of Patricia Barnes-Svarney's The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book was just published by Visible Ink Press

Jerome Tuccille's biography Gallo Be Thy Name was cited as "one of the best books of 2009" by the editors of Reason magazine, and "one of the best business books of 2009" by a University of California library committee. Tuccille was one of 12 authors invited to an award/fund-raising ceremony in Lexington, KY, by the Lexington Public Library Committee

Julie Mautner just completed a cookbook featuring recipes from 80 top chefs, designed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. The 250-page book, filled with photos, anecdotes, tips for throwing great parties, and tons of fun kitchen gossip, will be published by Clarkson Potter in November 2010. A portion of proceeds will go to culinary and wine education

Contemporary Hawaii Woodworkers (Contemporary Publications), co-authored by Lynda McDaniel, won the Best Photography/Art Book award from DIY Convention. It also earned the Best Design award across all categories. The book profiles 36 award-winning wood artists and features stories about koa and other woods that inspire their work

Newsletter editor Barbara DeMarco-Barrett's short story, "Crazy for You," is included in the newly released Orange County Noir, the latest publication in the award-winning Akashic Books noir series, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly.