Deborah Guyol is co-author of Pride and Prejudice and Kitties (Skyhorse Publishing 2013) and The Complete Guide to Contract Lawyering (3rd ed 2003), originally published in 1994. She has taught creative writing in the Mature Learning Program at Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, since 2002, and edited an anthology of student writing from the program, Elderberry Wine Vintage 2010. She is a lawyer who has practiced in New York City and Portland, Oregon.