function changeChick(chickNumber) {

  var chickCopy = "";
  
  switch (chickNumber) {
  
 	case "1":
   	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091124/away.com/images/outside/lit_all_stars/steven-rinella.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Steven Rinella";
  	chickCopy = '<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_25.html">Steven Rinella</a><br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Work:</strong> "Come Herd or High Water", "Down, Boy"<br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Books:</strong> <em>The Scavenger\'s Guide to Haute Cuisine, American Buffalo</em><br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_25.html">Click here to access Steven Rinella\'s page</a>'
    break;
  	case "2":
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091124/away.com/images/outside/lit_all_stars/wells-tower.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Wells Tower";
  	chickCopy = '<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_26.html">Wells Tower</a><br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Work:</strong> "Meltdown", "Love in the Ruins"<br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Books:</strong> <em>Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned</em><br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_26.html">Click here to access Wells Tower\'s page</a>'
	break;
	case "3":
   	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091124/away.com/images/outside/lit_all_stars/david-quammen.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "David Quammen";
  	chickCopy = '<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_28.html">David Quammen</a><br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Work:</strong> "The Post-Communist Wolf"<br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Books:</strong> <em>Song of the Dodo, Natural Acts, Monster of God</em><br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_28.html">Click here to access David Quammen\'s page</a>'
	break;
	case "4":
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091124/away.com/images/outside/lit_all_stars/tim-zimmermann.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Tim Zimmermann";
  	chickCopy = '<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_24.html">Tim Zimmermann</a><br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Work:</strong> "Hell in High Water", "Raising the Dead"<br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Books:</strong> <em>The Race</em><br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_24.html">Click here to access Tim Zimmermann\'s Page</a>'
	break;
	case "5":
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091124/away.com/images/outside/lit_all_stars/bucky-mcmahon.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Bucky McMahon";
  	chickCopy = '<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_23.html">Bucky McMahon</a><br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Work:</strong> "Where the Walking Shark Lives", "Pinto Mean!"<br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Books:</strong> <em>Night Diver</em><br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_23.html">Click Here to access Bucky McMahon\'s Page</a>'
	break;  
  default: 	//probably want to make this default to the first image/copy
  	document.chickImage.src = "http://a1432.g.akamai.net/7/1432/1365/20091124/away.com/images/tnf/backstrom.jpg";
	document.chickImage.alt = "Steven Rinella";
    chickCopy = '<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_25.html">Steven Rinella</a><br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Work:</strong> "Come Herd or High Water", "Down, Boy"<br /><br class="small" /><strong>His Books:</strong> <em>The Scavenger\'s Guide to Haute Cuisine, American Buffalo</em><br /><br class="small" /><a href="/outside/features/literary-all-stars_25.html">Click here to access Steven Rinella\'s page</a>'
  	break;
  
  }
  
  document.getElementById("risingStars").innerHTML = chickCopy;

}//end changeChick function