Sharon Bially is founder and president of the BookSavvy Public Relations, named a "Best Firm for Book Launches, Publicity and Authors" by Everything PR. A lapsed novelist, she's the author of Veronica's Nap (SixOneSeven Books, 2011).

In an earlier life, Sharon was an economic policy wonk at the OECD in Paris, living for 12 years in France before relocating with her Francophone family to the Boston area. A voice and ballet student by night, she's a member of the Director's Circle at GrubStreet, Inc., and a regular contributor to Writer Unboxed. She daydreams of having a pied-a-terre in Paris or Provence.