on the second floor after the session the authors will be signing books and your authors are rebecca traister and kate bolick will talk about the book in just a minute. when they sign, the proceeds will go to the san antonio library foundation which is dear to all our hearts. may be more than one copy, that is it. i would like to introduce the authors more formally. kate bolick is author of "spinster: making a life of 1's own". she is also a contributing editor to the atlantic and host of touchstones of the mouth, and annual literary interview series, i would like to connect here. in august preferably. her work has appeared in cosmopolitan, the new york times, slate and vogue and other publications. she and rebecca both live in brooklyn. and rebecca, both of these books are spectacular, i want to add my editorial opinion. rebecca is the author of "all the single ladies: unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation". she is a writer at large for the magazine, if you have any ted cruz gossip, she is a contributing editor, national magazine award finalist, she has written often about wo