RuthAnn Hogue is an award-winning journalist and author whose works include a 13-part newspaper series on hospice care and a book written in first person documenting what it was like to work closely with someone who was dying of cancer. A judge for a national book competition describes "Goodbye, Walter" as "an intimate look at the process of death and the human heart and spirit. As Hogue struggles with her own "deaths" and rebirths, she finds salvation in her hospice care assignment. Hospice care "saves" Walter Schifter and Walter Schifter saves RuthAnn Hogue. Providing a rare glimpse into the mind of a dying man, Hogue's book also renders a moving portrait of the intimates involved: Their highs and lows, their joys and sufferings, as well as their moments of enlightenment. For those of little faith, and for those of great faith. Touching and commendable." She can be reached at RuthAnn@Goodbye-Walter.com.