K Callan was born in Dallas, Texas where she attended and later taught in Catholic school. An actress from an early age, she studied Speech and Drama at North Texas State University (now Texas University at Denton) and worked at Dallas' world famous Margo Jones Theatre before studies at The Pasadena Playhouse and later at HB Studios in New York with Herbert Berghof. Mother to three, grandmother to four, Callan is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Television Academy of Television Arts and Sciencess and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild.Her resume is long and varied (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130282/). In 1985, she began writing her best selling series of reference books for actors, writers and directors teaching them not how to act, write or direct, but how to get paid for their work.Her love of parties and her fear that her guests might just sit and look at each other, led her to not only create some of the most original and fun parties around, but to write "Life of the Party" in 1987. This new and totally revised book is its direct descendant. For more about Callan and her books, see www.kcallan.com