In her mid-20s Deanne Devine pursued her childhood desire to write and published short stories in small press magazines such as About Such Things, Dogwood Tales, Taler's Tales, Armchair Aesthete and others. She also garnered the Miami University's 1998 Greer-Hepburn Prize for Poetry. Graduating from Northern Kentucky University with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology... READ MORE.

Upon returning from Vietnam Neil Howard earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire. After earning his Master of Fine Arts degree from Smith College, he joined the faculty of Mary Washington College as an Instructor in Dramatic Arts. The next year he founded the Fredericksburg Summer Theatre and served as its Producing Director for four years... READ MORE.

Even causal readers of Western fiction and history often ponder the credentials of authors painting such vivid portraits of a time that we now can only immortalize in the pages of Western literature. Born and reared on a New Mexico ranching and dairy farm, the death of his father forced Paul Thompson to quit school three months shy of finishing the eighth grade. His mother sold the homestead down to the wood flooring, and at 13 years of age Paul Thompson left to find work in Texas. He found that work on a ranch.... READ MORE.

Like real world adventurers, the resourceful Stuart Tower went straight out of high school and into the Army during historic times—specfically, during the U.S. Occupation of Japan. He returned to academics and graduated from Emerson College, cum laude, in History/Social Science with a minor... READ MORE.