Lynn Rosen is the Director of Graduate Publishing Programs at Rosemont College in Bryn Mawr, PA. Lynn has had an extensive career as a book publishing professional; she worked as an editor at Ballantine Books and several other publishing houses, and ran her own literary agency, the Leap First Agency, for eight years. Lynn has taught writing and publishing at Drexel and Temple Universities and runs “Open Book,” a successful series of book discussion classes. She is the author of Elements of the Table: A Simple Guide for Hosts and Guests (Clarkson Potter/Random House, 2007), as well as several other illustrated books and journals. Visit her at www.lynnrosen.com.