Another A&E person

 When you read a novel you expect to come across some explicit language and you accept it when you do.  But it sorta takes on another dimension when you realize that it was written by that nice older lady you were talking to at the adjoining table at Art & Espresso.   Of course she writes other stuff too:

 (A diverse writer of columns, feature stories, short fiction, novels, screenplays and stage plays, Maryann Miller has won numerous awards including being a semi-finalist at the Sundance Institute for her screenplay, A Question Of Honor. Her work has appeared in regional and national publications, and the Rosen Publishing Group in New York has published her non-fiction books for teens, including the award-winning Coping with Weapons and Violence In School and On Your Streets. A romantic suspense One Small Victory is a June 08 release in hardback from Five Star Publishing, and Play It Again, Sam is a July 08 release from Uncial Press as an e-book.)