ALEXANDRA VILLARD DE BORCHGRAVE has gained distinction as a photojournalist, author, and poet over the past forty years. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of internationally renowned publications, such as Newsweek and Paris Match. She is the co-author of "VILLARD: The Life and Times of an American Titan" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), a biography of her great grandfather, railroad magnate and financier Henry Villard, who masterminded the creation of General Electric. Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave is also the author of "HEALING LIGHT: Thirty Messages of Love, Hope, and Courage," "HEAVENLY ORDER: Twenty Five Meditations of Wisdom and Harmony," "BELOVED SPIRIT: Pathways to Love, Grace, and Mercy" (Glitterati Incorporated), and "HEALING COURAGE: Messages of Love, Hope, and Strength" (Light of Healing Hope Foundation). She is the founder and chairman of the Light of Healing Hope Foundation www.lightofhealinghope.org, a charitable organization dedicated to providing books of hope as gifts to hospitals and hospices to comfort patients and their families at a time of adversity. She currently also serves on the Board of the Blair House Restoration Fund. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Washington, D.C.