Hi, everyone! I believe this doesn’t come as a surprise to most of you (you intelligent women with superb detective skills, you).

I am so thrilled to be part of this amazing group, and of course a hundred times more thrilled to be able to get up close and personal with Jaunty P. Quills, Porcupine Extraordinaire (*whispers* he blackmailed me to say that…and no, I can’t tell you what he blackmailed me with).

I know many of you through my various visits around the blogosphere and through social media (*waves wildly*), and I look forward to getting to know the rest of you as a regular contributor here on the blog.

But now, it’s time for the announcement of prizes! Thanks so much to everyone for participating in the Guess the Jaunty contest! As you know, there were two prizes to be won:

1)      12 signed books (one from each of the Jaunties!) to a random commenter who correctly guessed my identity.

2)      A $50 gift certificate to an online bookstore to a random commenter who made any guess.

And now for the winners’ names:

The winner of the 12 signed books is: Sonali N.!

The winner of the $50 gift certificate is: Deborah R.!

Congratulations to the both of you; you should receive an email from me soon!

Again, thanks to everyone who participated! Since so many of you guessed my identity correctly, I’d love to know what gave it away. Was it my debonair personality that can barely be restrained by such a cloak of mystery? My almost-too-obvious profile picture above that showed the distinguished contours of my image? As I included multiple points of trivia as hints about my identity during the contest, I’d love to know a piece of trivia about you.