ALL ABOUT PASIC: OFFICERS 

President: Seressia Glass
E-mail: president@pasic.net
Website: www.seressia.com

Seressia Glass is proud to write fiction that features diverse people realizing the universal dreams of love and acceptance. Her urban fantasy stories have appeared in Vegas Bites: A Werewolf Romance Anthology, edited by bestselling author L.A. Banks, and in its sequels Vegas Bites Back and Vegas Bites: Three of a Kind. She is also the author of four romance novels. Through the Fire was a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award winner and was chosen for the Black Expressions Book Club. She has also been Romance in Color's Reviewers’ Choice Awards nominee for Author of the Year.

An instructional designer for an international home improvement company, Seressia has lived all her life in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been a member of RWA for 12 years, has served as bylaws chair for the FF&P chapter of RWA and as a workshop coordinator for Georgia Romance Writers' Moonlight and Magnolias conference. In addition, she has served as a judge for the Ritas and the unpublished Maggie Award for Excellence, as well as volunteered for numerous romance-related conferences and workshops including RT and Romance Slam Jam.

Vice-President: Toni McGee Causey
E-mail: vicepresident@pasic.net
Website: www.tonimcgeecausey.com

Toni McGee Causey is the author of the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling “Bobbie Faye” novels—an action/caper series set in south Louisiana; the series was released this summer in back-to-back publications, beginning with Charmed and Dangerous, Girls Just Wanna Have Guns, and When A Man Loves A Weapon. While pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting, Toni had scripts optioned and, just this year, produced an indie film, LA-308. Toni began her career by writing non-fiction for local newspapers, edited Baton Rouge Magazine, and sold articles to places like Redbook and Mademoiselle. She was recently a contributor to the anthology Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans as well as Killer Year: Stories to Die For . She has had several of her blogs syndicated nationally from her group blog, “Murderati” (www.murderati.com)

Vice President Communications (Newsletter Editor): Tracey J. Lyons
E-mail: newslettereditor@pasic.net
Website: www.traceylyons.com

Tracey J. Lyons is a multi-published author in historical romance. A member of Romance Writers of America since 1992, Tracey has been involved with many local chapters. She has served as Newsletter Editor for Connecticut-RWA, Vice President Sacramento Valley Rose, and was the founding President of the Capital Region Chapter of RWA in Albany, NY. Tracey is dedicated to helping other authors in their publishing endeavors.

Secretary: Jo Ann Ferguson
E-mail: secretary@pasic.net
Website: www.joannferguson.com

Award-winning author Jo Ann Ferguson has a split writing personality. Jo Ann Ferguson launched the new Regency line at ImaJinn (where her next traditional Regency will be Gentleman’s Master, the next book in her popular Regency mysteries) as well as being the author of best-selling historicals. J.A. Ferguson writes paranormals for ImaJinn. Jocelyn Kelley’s next book is Sea Wraith, coming late this fall. Jo Ann Brown novelized Thomas Kinkade’s The Christmas Cottage, a movie starring Peter O’Toole that was recently released on DVD, and now writes for Guideposts Books. Her 80+ titles are also published by Tudor, Ballantine, Zebra, Harper, Warner, and Thorndike. The books have been translated into almost a dozen languages and sold on every continent except Antarctica.
In her spare time, she teaches creative writing and volunteers. For RWA, she has been involved at both chapter and National level (including a term as RWA President 1998-2000).

Treasurer: Susan Lute
E-mail: treasurer@pasic.net
Website: www.susanlute.com

Susan has been a member of RWA and Rose City Romance Writers (RCRW) since 1997. She joined PASIC in 2003, and is also a member of the Author's Guild and the Greater Seattle RWA chapter. She has served on the Board of RCRW as secretary for three years, President for three years, and has just completed her fifth year as Author Liaison for RCRW's popular Readers' Luncheon.

Published with Silhouette Books, Susan is a  Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Nominee and Holt Medallion Finalist. She is currently writing contemporary romance.

Susan lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and Larry, the cat. She works part time as a women's health nurse, and the rest of the time is particularly fascinated by the ridiculous and unusual, loves to visit with her family, read, garden, take black-and-white photos and travel, especially by train. She can be found most weekends writing in her new office, with an unending supply of dark chocolate and vanilla lattes at her elbow.

Past President: Allison Brennan
E-mail: pastpresident@pasic.net
Website: www.allisonbrennan.com

Allison Brennan is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of twelve romantic thrillers. 2010 will launch her supernatural romantic suspense series based on the Seven Deadly Sins, starting with ORIGINAL SIN in February and CARNAL SIN in July. In the Fall of 2010, her Lucy Kincaid series begins. Allison is a four-time RITA nominee, two-time RT Reviewers Choice Award winner, and winner of the Daphne du Maurier award for best Mainstream Suspense. A former consultant with the California State Legislature, Allison now writes full-time and is raising five children with her husband Dan in northern California. In addition to being a member of Romance Writers of America, she's active in International Thriller Writers and a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association.