JB: Shawn, your books (and newsletters) contain dynamite recipes. Is there a Shawn Reilly Simmons cookbook in the works? Should the Barefoot Contessa, Giada De Laurentiis and Rachael Ray be quaking in their aprons? SRS: Thank you, I do love to cook. When I'm in the kitchen I'm always trying out new recipes. I'm a big fan of all of those ladies. I'm actually working on a Red Carpet Catering Cookbook now, pulling together recipes from the books and my newsletters. It's a different kind of writing than fiction—we're having fun testing out the recipes for sure. JB: Glad to hear it! Ok, if you're hosting a dinner party for your top three fave authors (and my wife and I) who would those authors be and what gourmet meal would you delight us with? SRS: I love this question! I'd invite Katherine Hall Page author of the Faith Fairchild Mysteries. Hank Phillippi Ryan and Martin Edwards. All three of these authors have given me encouragement and great advic