Carol Joynt

Carol Ross Joynt is the author of the memoir "Innocent Spouse," published by Crown, a TV interviewer who hosts her own long-form program, and a communications executive for the FP Group, based in Washington, DC. "Innocent Spouse" chronicles the 12 years she owned and operated Nathans, a Georgetown DC bar and restaurant she inherited after her husband died suddenly in 1997. A long-time broadcast journalist, who started her TV career as a writer for Walter Cronkite on The CBS Evening News, when Carol became owner of Nathans she was a producer for Larry King on CNN's "Larry King Live." She set aside her career to oversee the bar and after she closed it in 2009 returned to writing and journalism.

The Q&A Café, was created at Nathans in October 2001 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. At the outset the program focused on interviews related to 9/11. Washington, D.C. Over the years it evolved to feature interviews with notables and newsmakers from all walks of life. Carol called upon her extensive background producing talk shows for Charlie Rose, David Brinkley, Ted Koppel, Larry King, to create The Q&A Café.