Amy Hill Hearth is the author of "Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women s Literary Society", " "in addition to author or coauthor of seven nonfiction books, including "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years", the "New York Times "bestseller-turned-Broadway-play. Hearth, a former writer for The New York Times", began her career as a reporter at a small daily newspaper in Florida, where she met her future husband, Blair (a Collier County native). She is a graduate of the University of Tampa.