Gina Hyams is an author and editor who specializes in mysterious and confounding subjects, such as pie, nannies, extraterrestrial encounters, the history of incense, folk art, facials, pink palapas, death, and picnics. She has published 12 books, among them The Tanglewood Picnic: Music and Outdoor Feasts in the Berkshires (Muddy Puppy Media), Country Living Decorating with White (Hearst), and In a Mexican Garden: Courtyards, Pools, and Open-Air Living Rooms (Chronicle Books). She is also the creator of the “In a Box” series of culinary contest book-kits published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. Gina participated in the Community of Writers in 2001. www.ginahyams.com