~Katrina Grigg-Saito

Katrina Grigg-Saito spent her summers in North Carolina and still wears her grandmother’s jewelry. She is a writer from Boston, living in Tokyo, where she writes for Metropolis Magazine. Katrina can be reached at katrinagriggsaito@gmail.com.

~Stephanie Hunt

Stephanie Hunt is a Charleston-based writer whose best fashion move was having three girls. They got all the latent style genes in the family, and now edit their mother’s outfits. They don’t do overalls.

~Jennifer Baumgardner

Jennifer Baumgardner is the author of Look Both Ways and a frequent contributor to Glamour, The Nation, and many other magazines. She lives in Brooklyn with her son, Skuli. This essay is a partial excerpt from “Ms. World of Wheels” in the new anthology About Face: 24 Women Writers Look In The Mirror And Talk About What They See.

~Tina Drakakis

Tina Drakakis is a freelance writer in Carver, MA. She finds humor in the chaos of raising four kids and tries valiantly to keep her husband unaware of thong-related family issues. She no longer wears white anklets with her high heels but will vehemently defend the fashion choices of yesteryear.

~Patti Digh

Patti Digh played bass clarinet in the marching band. Her third book, Life Is a Verb, is forthcoming in September 2008 from skirt! books and is based on her award-winning blog, 37days. Patti can be reached at patti@thecircleproject.com or 37days.com.

~Gretchen Clark

Gretchen Clark co-teaches an online Lyric Essay course at Writers.com and is also a Creative Arts Mentor for at-risk teenagers in the Phoenix area. Her most recent essay was published in Literary Mama.

~Stacy Appel

Stacy Appel is a writer in California whose work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune and other publications. She has also written for National Public Radio. Contact her at WordWork101@aol.com.