Katherine Ketcham is the coauthor of twelve books, including the bestselling classic Under The Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism with James Milam, Ph.D. (Bantam, 1983), The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning with Ernest Kurtz, PhD (Bantam, 1992), and Beyond the Influence: Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism with William F. Ashbury (Bantam, 2000). Over one million copies of her books are currently in print.

Her most recent collaboration is BROKEN: My Story of Addiction and Redemption, a memoir by recovery advocate William Cope Moyers (Viking, September 2006).

In addition to her writing career, Kathy works part time at the Juvenile Justice Center and the alternative high school in Walla Walla, Washington, where she has developed an educational curriculum for teenagers with alcohols and/or other drug problems.

Kathy and her husband Patrick Spencer, a professor of geology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, are the proud parents of three children: Benjamin, twenty; Alison, twenty-two; and Robyn, twenty-four.

Nicholas A. Pace, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. He was the Founding Director of Pace Health Services, and past Chair of New York State Governor's Advisory Committee on Alcoholism. He was also the Founding Director and Past Vice Chair of the American Council on Drug Education, and the Co- Founder and past President of the Alcoholism Council of New York. He is a Life Member of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, and a Fellow in the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He was an advisor to President Ford's White House Physician, and First Lady Nancy Reagan's Chemical People Project. He lives in New York where he maintains a private practice and is medical consultant to General Motors and other corporations. He is the author of Guidelines to Safe Drinking (McGraw - Hill,1984,Fawcett 1986).

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Katherine Ketcham: kketcham@charter.net

Nicholas A. Pace, M.D.: nicholas.pace@gm.com