About Ruth . . . Ruth Kaufman left her corporate America day job negotiating contracts and training other attorneys to use online legal research products to pursue writing and acting. Her motto: 'someday is now.' When she's not working on her next novel, she's auditioning, performing or making sarcastic comments about mid-life dating. Ruth has completed 10 novels by "flying through the mist," though she admits to fruitless attempts to plot and write a synopsis first. Six of her manuscripts have placed in numerous contests, including runner up in American Title II, Dorchester Publishing/RT BOOKreviews' national contest. She is a freelance editor and writer, and presents workshops on topics including persistence, pitching, and sales skills for the author. Past-president of Chicago-North Romance Writers of America, she currently serves on RWA's national board of directors. A frequent host of The Chicago Bar Association's cable TV program You and the Law, Ruth has had roles in several independent films, numerous educational videos, and many voiceover projects from narration to animation. She has completed multi-level improvisation training programs at ComedySportz and iO, where she performed with improv teams, and at Second City. She has talked very fast on America's Funniest People, appeared in venues from community theatre to the Lyric Opera of Chicago and worked as an extra on more than 60 movies and TV shows. Glimpse her in feature films including Flags of our Fathers and Highlander: The Source. Visit www.ruthtalks.com to learn more. She received her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law, an M.S. in TV/Radio from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and B.A.s in Communications and Economics from the University of Michigan.