Christy Cashman is a mother, author, and an active member of the Boston literary community. She is on the board of directors for the Associates of the Boston Public Library and is the founder of YouthINK, a not-for-profit mentorship program for young artists in the United States and in Ireland. In addition to The Truth About Horses, she has published two children’s books, The Not-So-Average Monkey of Kilkea Castle and Petri’s Next Things. Christy, her husband, their two sons, and three dogs live in Boston and spend time in Ireland and on Cape Cod. She is currently working on her second novel, Beulah, and on her third children’s book, The Cat Named Peanut Shrimp Cookie Fry Muffin Who Lives on Staniel Key.

About the Moderator:

A multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner, recipient of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE) Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Seymour stars in Harry Wild for Acorn TV as a college professor who cannot quite manage to stay quietly retired to the dismay of her police inspector son. Additional credits include The War with Grandpa. Live and Let Die, Somewhere in Time, and Wedding Crashers. Additional television credits include the Emmy® Award winning performance in Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Maria Callas, East of Eden for which she was awarded a Golden Globe®, the mini-series War and Remembrance, The Kominsky Method, and her iconic Golden Globe® winning role as “Dr. Quinn” on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Seymour served as the executive producer of the documentary Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me. Seymour has written over a dozen books including The Road Ahead, Among Angels, Open Hearts, Making Yourself at Home, and Remarkable Changes. An accomplished fine artist, her art serves as inspiration for Open Hearts by Jane Seymour®, her signature line of jewelry which reflects her mother’s philosophy that only when you keep your heart open can you best give and receive love.