I am a brand management/marketing professional with 20+ years of experience in writing business plans, web site copy, press materials, crisis plans, magazine articles, TV and print ads, direct mail and newsletters for science-driven consumer brands including NicoDerm and Nicorette stop smoking aids, Os-Cal calcium supplements, Citrucel bulk fiber laxative, Sominex sleep aids, Feosol iron supplements among others. I have written marketing and PR copy for universities and community organizations including the University of Chicago and the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. In addition, I am a multi-published novelist with Simon & Schuster. I have two books out now, Tumbling Through Time and Seducing Mr. Darcy, and two more books scheduled for release in 2010. Seducing Mr. Darcy was a featured book in Rhapsody Book Club and a selection in Doubleday Book Club. I was profiled in Real Simple in April, 2008. You can visit my novelist site at www.cready.com.