Author Ruth Kaufman

		Welcome . . . Welcome to my web site. Enjoy browsing, and come back soon to explore new content. AT HIS COMMAND, set in late medieval England, won the Golden Heart® Award for Inspirational Romance. The Golden Heart is Romance Writers of America's® national contest for as yet unpublished writers. Publishing News: My true short story "The Scrinch" was selected out of over 300 entries to be published in THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, a St. Martin's Press anthology by Marley Gibson & Cecil Murphey, foreword by Debbie Macomber, available fall 2011. Authors Tell All podcasts Short interviews with multi-published authors about different aspects of the writing life. Myrna MacKenzie, Traditional 2009 Booksellers' Best Award winner and author of more than 30 books discusses her longevity in the publishing industry, here. Other podcasts include: NYT best-selling author Debbie Macomber on her "Aha!" moment...when she knew she wanted to be an author, here. Jenna Petersen, Regency historicals and erotic romance author, talks about writing under two different names, here. Award-winning YA author Simone Elkeles discusses making time for family and writing, here. Sherrill Bodine explains how she went from writing with a partner to writing solo and got the idea for TALK OF THE TOWN, Cosmopolitan Magazine's February 2009 "Red Hot Read", here. Margaret Watson, author of 23 books, explains why she writes romance novels, here. Visit my blog, Gainfully Unemployed, to peruse my latest adventures while pursuing writing and acting after escaping corporate America.