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Laney Katz Becker
Barbara Delinsky
Jennie Nash
Dr. Jane Plant
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Breast Cancer Awareness Author Roundtable
 "You have breast cancer." Four words that every woman dreads hearing. We gathered four authors --- Laney Katz Becker, Barbara Delinsky, Jennie Nash and Jane Plant --- who are also breast cancer survivors to talk about why they wrote their books and what they wish every woman knew about breast cancer.
Their answers may help you or someone you know. Each of these books is a must-read for both those undergoing treatment, as well as their family and friends.
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| Laney Katz Becker |
 Laney Katz Becker has written articles for more than fifty publications including Self, American Health, Seventeen and First For Women. She is a breast cancer survivor and lives with her husband and two children in Westchester County, New York. Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend is her first novel.
 A 1979 graduate of Northwestern University's School of Speech, Becker is a capable speaker and presenter. In 1997, she spoke at the kick-off breakfast for the American Cancer Society's (ACS) yearly fund-raiser, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. In 1998, she was a featured speaker at the Northern Westchester Conference for Jewish Women on Breast Cancer. Prior to writing her novel she appeared as a panelist on a cable TV talk show about breast cancer. She has been trained by the ACS to lead workshops in early detection and to teach breast self-exam.
Laney Katz Becker's Website
Laney Katz Becker Interview on bookreporter.com
Browse Laney Katz Becker's books on Amazon.com.
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| Barbara Delinsky |
 Barbara Delinsky was born and raised in suburban Boston. After graduating from Newton High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Tufts University and a Master of Arts degree in Sociology at Boston College.
Delinsky became a writer by fluke. Her twins were four when, by chance, she happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, she spent three months researching, plotting, and writing her own book --- and it sold.  That was in 1980. Since then, she has written and published over sixty-five novels. An advocate for contemporary women's issues, Delinsky has appeared on panels and television and radio shows across the country, as well as before library, civic, and school groups. She has participated in many on-line chats. Four of her books have been optioned as television movies. More than twenty-eight million copies of her books are in print worldwide, in English and over twenty-five foreign languages. She and her husband, a lawyer, have three grown sons, and two daughters-in-law. They divide their time between their suburban Boston home and a lake house in New Hampshire.
Barbara Delinsky's Website
Browse Barbara Delinsky's books on Amazon.com.
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| Jennie Nash |
 Jennie Nash first began writing essays as a student at Wellesley College, where she wrote a column "On and Off Campus" for the alumni magazine. As she worked toward a degree in English, she developed a series of essays about her friendship with her roommate, which she later turned into an honors thesis entitled "Two Women in Particular." Nash graduated cum laude from Wellesley in 1986.
 After graduation, Nash moved to New York City, where she worked as an editorial assistant at Ballantine Books and an assistant editor at New York Woman magazine. She began her freelance writing career while working on these editorial staffs. Her personal essays and articles have appeared in dozens of national publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Shape, Glamour, Mademoiselle, GQ, US, Home, Working Woman, New York Woman, and Reader's Digest. In addition, her marketing and advertising copy has been used on products by clients such as Mattel, Fischer-Price and Knowledge Avenue.
In 1992, Nash's collection of essays, Altered Status: Surviving the Engagement, was published by Crown. It was excerpted in Cosmopolitan magazine.
Nash's latest book, The Victoria Secret's Catalog Never Stops Coming and Other Lessons I Learned from Breast Cancer (Scribner, 2001) is the story of how the illness made her "a wise old woman at the age of 36." Ford Motor Company purchased 110,000 copies of the book to use as giveaways in their national education outreach campaign for which Nash waived her royalties. Ford is also touring her to major cities to lecture and sign books during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The Victoria's Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming is a Lifetime TV Bookshelf Pick for October 2001. It is currently featured in prominent ads in six major Hearst women's magazines. Nash was featured on an ABC produced for the Los Angeles Revlon Run/Walk in May 2001. She was also the keynote speaker at the Baylor University Hospital Fundraiser in Dallas, Texas in October 2001.
Nash will co-teach a month-long class on breast cancer for WebMD University in October 2001. She will be signing books at major bookstore outlets around the country. Nash will appear on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on October 26, 2001.
Nash lives with her husband and their two little girls in Los Angeles, California.
Browse Jennie Nash's books on Amazon.com.
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| Dr. Jane Plant |
 Professor Jane Plant CBE, BSc, PhD, FRSA, FIMM, CEng, FGS, and CGeol earned her Ph.D. in 1977 from Leicester University. Currently she serves the Chief Scientist of the British Geological Survey (Natural Environment Research Council) and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Liverpool and Nottingham. She is President-elect of the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy. She has published widely on sustainable mineral development, and economic and environmental geochemistry in the United Kingdom and internationally.  From 1985 to 1989, she was Associate Editor of the journal Applied Geochemistry. Presently she is a member of the CBI Minerals Committee, MIRO Council, the Parliamentary Science & Technology Committee, and the Parliamentary Minerals Committee, and is also a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. In 1997, she was awarded the CBE for Services to Earth Sciences, and an Honorary Doctorate of the Open University (for academic and scholarly distinction). In 1999 she was elected a Freeman of the City of London --- Society of Water Conservators and also awarded the Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Award from Foundation of Science & Technology in recognition of her contributions to the application of fundamental geochemical modeling and sound observations in the development of simple, cost-effective methods of minimizing the impact of contamination on the environment and particularly human health.
Browse Dr. Jane Plant's books on Amazon.com.
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