Michaela Renee is a freelance news journalist, with a Bachelor's of Arts in both Communication and Broadcast Journalism who writes for the Examiner and recently published a memoir Teetering on Disaster (a finalist in the San Diego Book Awards). Third Place Books says, "Teetering on Disaster is a funny and poignant autobiographical novel, which tells how she fought for her American Dream through the Sierra Nevada's and beyond."

She sits on the Steering Committee for Read Local San Diego an initiative to promote local literary awareness and is a member of Publishers and Writers of San Diego. Awards include the Bay Scholarship for Journalism Excellence from San Jose State University and a seat at the Washington D.C. Journalism Conference.

Michaela is living in Northern California, loves to travel and has visited over 14 countries. She maintains no secret about her obsession with frozen yogurt, lilies and sushi. She is the proud mother to a Retired Racing Greyhound and a rescued Bengal cat. When she's not writing she participates in a book club, hikes, plays golf and goes horseback riding.

Look for Michaela's next book: Therapy Sessions of an Online Dating Addict, release date 2010