CATHERINE LANIGANCatherine Lanigan, www.catherinelanigan.com, is the bestselling author of over thirty published titles in both fiction and non-fiction, including the novelizations of ROMANCING THE STONE and THE JEWEL OF THE NILE, as well as over a half dozen anthologies, including "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living your Dream", "Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul", "Chocolate for a Woman's Heart" and "Chocolate for a Woman's Spirit." Ms. Lanigan's novels are sold globally and have been translated into over a dozen languages including French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. Ms. Lanigan's novels are also available on audio-cassette, CD and electronic downloads for Kindle on Amazon.com. Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her novel, "The Christmas Star", won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from "Romantic Times Magazine" and has also won Book of the Year Romance Gold Award from "ForeWord Magazine" as well as "Book of the Year Romance from "Reader's Preference". Allworth Publishing has released Lanigan's "how-to" book on writing: "Writing the Great American Romance Novel." She is the author of "Evolving Woman" which deals with true stories of domestic abuse. She has recently completed a non-fiction compilation book dealing with substance abuse,"NotMYkid", for the NotMYkid foundation. Ms. Lanigan is a frequent speaker at literary functions and book conventions; conducts hands-on writing workshops and seminars; as a cancer survivor, she is invited to speak on raising awareness for early detection; as well as inspiring audiences with her real stories of angelic intervention from her ANGEL WATCH series. She has just published ANGEL TALES by Cedar Fort, Inc. Upcoming will be a series of young adult adventure novels with the first, THE GOLDEN FLUTE, also published by Cedar Fort. She has appeared on numerous radio programs including "Coast to Coast" and Politically Incorrect on Sirius Radio with Scott Cluthe, and on numerous television interview and talk show programs such as "Montel."