Meredith RichUnder the pseudonym Meredith Rich, Claudia Jessup is the author of five novels including Bare Essence, which was made into a CBS television miniseries and an NBC weekly series.

Under her own name, Jessup has written three editions ofthe perennial favorite The Woman's Guide to Starting a Businessand has written and edited myriad nonfiction books and articles for major magazines.

A former Virginian and New Yorker, Jessup lives in Santa Fe with her husband, Jonathan Richards, a writer and political cartoonist. and is the mother of two daughters. She is a member of the Author's Guild, PEN Center USA West, PEN Center New Mexico, and SCBWI. Read More Read Less