Red-Hot Santa

Nicknamed the dynamic duo, the husband-and-wife writing team of Tony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter began writing together in 1984, a scant ten months after they threw caution to the wind and shamelessly moved in together. Twisting the old adage "Life is stranger than fiction," they describe their lives as being "better than fiction." While their backgrounds couldn't be more different Tony Karayianni was born in Smila near Olympia, Greece, and raised in Athens, while Lori Schlachter is a Midwest...

Vicki Lewis was born on 11 October in Arizona, USA. She obtained a B.A. and a M.A. in English from the University of Arizona. She married Larry Thompson, and had two children. Vicki taught English, but it proved too restrictive when she discovered she didn’t like being trapped in a classroom any more than the students did. Journalism seemed like a better idea, except that she kept getting assigned to scary stories like rattlesnake milking or parachute jumping. Finally, her husband suggested...