Melanie Anderson:
Melanie Anderson-Caster lives in Lake of the Pines, CA with her two children. She is a former newspaper reporter and contributing author to "Chocolate for a Woman's Dreams" and "Chocolate for a Woman's Blessings." Her latest story appears in a new book called "HOPE: True Stories of Answered Prayers" published by Red Rock Press this spring. Her travel articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines throughout California. Melanie also volunteers for her local community cable TV station, Lake of the Pines Channel 7, as a scriptwriter and on-air host.        E-mail Melanie

Victoria Beninga:
Victoria Beninga is first and foremost a proud Christian wife and mother. She lives in the foothills of the Gold Country with her husband, two children, and an assortment of pets. She was the former publisher of Gold Country Families E-Magazine. Victoria is the Public Service Director; the On The Road Reporter on Thursday mornings; and the Weather, Forest Fire, and Ski Reporter for the morning and afternoon shows on AM 950 KAHI Radio in Auburn, CA, and on the web at http://www.kahi.com. She is a reporter for Gold Country Times. She has appeared on Good Day Sacramento on UPN 31 TV. She has been published in Sierra Heritage Magazine, Sacramento Sierra Parent Magazine, Inside Roseville Magazine, California Kids Magazine, The Old Farmer's Almanac Newsletter, Traveling Adventures with Children e-magazine, and The Secret to Roseville's Tender Pie. Victoria loves being involved in church activities, her children's schools, RV travel, and all things domestic, especially cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, and decorating.    E-mail Victoria

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Tracy Cameron:
Tracy Cameron lives in Auburn, CA with her two children. Her dad worked in the oil industry while she was growing up, o she got to travel a lot. She lived overseas in Norway for 4 years from 1973 - 1977 and got to see a lot of Europe during that time. She also moved around the United States a lot as a child.

Tracy as always loved to travel and has decided to combine her love of traveling with her experience as an early childhood teacher, elementary teacher, and degree in communications to write articles on kid-friendly activities. No doubt she will also write other articles of interest to her.

Tracy is a regular contributor to Gold Country Families, and has been published in the Gold Country Times.
E-mail Tracy


Jane Haworth: 
Jane Haworth lives in Auburn, California with her husband two daughters and young son.  They moved to the U.S. in 1998 away from family and friends in Devon and Cheshire, England.  The Haworth family spends their free time exploring family-friendly destinations and enjoys camping in California.  Jane has been published in Sierra Heritage magazine, on the Internet, in local newspapers.  She is currently the calendar editor for Gold country Families E-Magazine and has a weekly segment about upcoming events on KAHI Radio, in Auburn, CA.  She also enjoys spending any free time on making one-of-a-kind art quilts, painting, sewing, and volunteering at her son’s pre-school.   E-mail Jane


Suzy McMinn:
Suzy McMinn lives in Auburn, CA with her horse, a service dog (Peppermint Patty), and two cats. Suzy is a former newspaper editor for the Placerville Reporter and is now a freelance writer, proofreader and photographer. She is a travel writer, columnist, author, and loves writing about horses and other animals. As a trainer of riders and horses for 36 years, she writes with compassion and authority. Suzy majored in Horse Science and minored in Journalism at Oregon State University. She enjoys traveling and writing about family-friendly destinations.  E-mail Suzy


Carmel L. Mooney:
Carmel L. Mooney is a travel writer, columnist, author and radio talk show host. Her hundreds of bylines and photographs appear in national, local, and international magazines and newspapers such as: Grit, Mother Earth News, The Air Force Times, California Kids, Sierra Heritage, and Country. She teaches seminars on writing and publishing at writers' conferences and colleges throughout the country. When Carmel isn't at her computer you'll find her exchanging ink for free travel, dining, and entertainment at dude ranches, bed and breakfasts, resorts, theme parks, and on cruises, press trips and FAM tours.  Her books are available at: http://www.moneythewriteway.com     E-mail Carmel

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Stuart Rawlings:
Stuart Rawlings lives in Auburn, California with his Brazilian wife Elsa and 8-year-old son Austin.  He is a social worker/professor/attorney, and has recently written a utopian novel called "Another Messiah."  Stuart is also the director of the Auburn Arts Contest, in which artists, writers and musicians of the larger Auburn area receive awards and have their works published in an annual contest book.  For more information go to http://www.sierradreamspress.com.  E-mail Stuart


Patrick Witz:
Patrick Witz resides in Meadow Vista, CA. and became the editor and publisher of Gold Country Families E-Magazine September 2007.  He is a published freelance and travel writer, photographer, and painter.  For over fifteen years, Patrick and his wife have own and operate a high quality, nationally accredited preschool and childcare facility in Meadow Vista that will be featured as "Child Care Provider of the Week" for the entire Sacramento region on the national PBS educational TV series "A Place of Our Own", May 16, 2008. 

Patrick was encouraged to write professionally by friends and family members who have been receiving and enjoying his humorous annual "Witz Family Holiday Newsletter" for the past fifteen years. Besides being the current editor and publisher for Gold Country Families E-Magazine, Patrick was for several years (since it's inception) a regular columnist for Gold Country Families E-Magazine.  He has also had numerous articles published in a variety of publications: Inside Roseville Magazine, Sierra Heritage Magazine, The View, Auburn Journal Newspaper, Auburn Sentinel Newspaper, Gold Country Times Newspaper,  Placer County Genealogical Societe Trails, Placer County Childcare Association, and other association newsletters.  In his rare spare time (after contineously attempting to whittle down his "honey-do" list), Patrick is oil painting, working on children’s books, travel books, a War Novel, two Sci-Fi novels, as well as genealogy.  E-mail Patrick