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WXYZ A Debbie Abston (Spearman, TX)
Mike Akins (Amarillo)
Suzanne Allen Lynn Allen (LaJunta, CO)
Sarah Allman (Amarillo)
Life member
- retired homemaking teacher and social worker. Graduate of Univ Arkansas and
rabid Razorback. Stories published in magazine Romancing the Past (now
defunct). Devotionals published in church advent books, story in Amarillo
Globe News. Member Bookworms crit group. Trying to find publisher for book
length memoirs. - writes nonfiction and nostalgia. Jan Angelley (Lubbock, TX)
Jennifer Archer Alice Armstrong (Amarillo) writes mainstream and
mystery novels.
(Canyon) writes children's books and murder mysteries. (Amarillo)
Multi-published Romance and Mainstream Women's Fiction author. Visit Jenny's Website.
(Woodward OK) I write devotionals, mystery, and children's stories.
My publishing credits are limited to writing and editing church group
newsletters. I, too, prefer mystery. But three grandchildren in three
years has changed my perspective. I was a long time resident of the
Texas Panhandle, two years ago I married a wonderful man from Woodward,
Ok and now I'm a...a...an Okie, by adoption.
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Brenda Bahner (Amarillo)
(Elk City OK) Published with iUniverse with a frontier
novel, with a book that was a finalist in the 2002 Oklahomas for the Book
writing contest. Shopping another book around at present.
James Beard (Follett, TX)
Cheryl Beckley (Amarillo) writes fiction, memoirs and poetry and is currently working on a novel.
Jane Begy (Amarillo)
George Belt (Midland, TX)
Larry Beltran (Amarillo)
Aster Blackshear (Lovelady, TX)
James I. Blackshear (Lovelady, TX) After serving 20 years in the navy, I retired to take a 22-year job with General Electric. Retiring a second time I bought a home in the woods and settled in to write. So far I am unpublished.
Suzanne Bogue (Amarillo)
Michael Bourn (Amarillo)
Paula Breeding(Amarillo)
Writes articles and family bios
Natalie Bright(Canyon)
(Wichita Falls,TX)
Historical Romance author and one-time winner of the National Readers'
Choice Award. Currently contracted with Dorchester/Leisure Publishing.
Visit Linda's website.
William L. Brown (Amarillo)
retired engineer writes western, historical and mainstream (children
and YA). Has published three short stories on the
internet and is completing a course in children's literature.
Gilda Bryant (Amarillo) published
in regional and national magazines, ie Boys Life, Presbyterians Today,
Dog & Kennel, and Metro Parent Magazine. She's
a regular contributor to Quilt World
Dee Burks (Amarillo) Visit Dee's Website
Terry W. Burns (Amarillo) is a
fifth generation Irish storyteller who is also a fourth generation
Texas teller of tall tales. His book To Keep a Promise is out as
a trade paperback from The Fiction Works, one of five finalists for the
Eppie award, and has been nominated for the WILLA Award.
His new book, Don't I Know You? is now out from the same publisher.
He just signed a new 3-book contract to be the beginning of a new
series of Christian Westerns at River Oak Publishing beginning in 2005.
He's published in a number of short story collections including: one
published by the Darkstormy writers entitled Three Ladies Playing Cellos,
one from PPW entitled Range Riters, one just out from Coastal
Villages Press entitled Straight from the heart - stories of love
and friendship, and one from Obidiah Press later this year entitled
Living by Faith. Terry has published four nonfiction books, and
has a small book of cowboy poetry entitled Cowboys Don't Read Poetry.
He's published over 200 articles and short stories in various publications
including: Writer's Digest, Roswell Literary Review, The Roundup
Magazine, Meditation Magazine, Trailer Life, Lovewords Magazine, Palace
of Reason E-zine, Wee Ones Magazine, Writing For Dollars Magazine, Fiction
Addiction Magazine, and in a short story collection published by
the Darkstormy writers, over 100 articles and short stories. He has been
inducted into the Western Writers of America, and was a two-term President
of the Panhandle Professional Writers. His available works can be found
at www.terryburns.net
M.L. Bushman (Great Falls, MO) holds a BS degree from the School of Hard Knocks and currently resides in Great Falls, Montana. Mainly a fiction novelist, the author has published short stories, and nonfiction. Genres: Romantic suspense, humor, and fantasy. www.mlbushman.com
Kim Campbell (Amarillo)
Jeff Campbell
(Eads, CO)
Marian Carpenter (Canyon)
Stephen Church (Midland, TX)
(Wayside, TX)
Past President and Life member I live
on a stock-farm (not ranch) at Wayside, TX with my husband, Tom Ferris. In the
past, I have written a Master's thesis in Zoology, a Ph.D dissertation on male
reproductive physiology, some scientific professional articles, and a lot of
college academic classroom stuff as a college professor. More recently I have written
press releases for local groups, educational reports for a Master's degree in
Counseling, and 37 family histories for The Families of Fisher County. I
claim to write free verse poetry and have at least one poem published.
I would like to not only write history but put it into historical fiction.
One short story won a first place in the FIW contest several years ago
but I haven't done much since. I am currently a K-12 school counselor
and a Licensed Professional Counselor who sees the Panhandle Assessment
Center foster children who live in and around Claude.
Cheryl Cooper (Amarillo Tx)
is a writer and editor. Her work is published in Accent West, Our Texas, Upper
Room, and the now defunct Emerge magazine. She has received
recognition in Byline Magazine as well as in various contests.
She is the co-owner of Expert Editing (a home based editing and writing
service) She is working on her first fictional Christian novel as well
as a very promising non-fictional book project.
(Claude, TX) Past President - short story "Kiowa Wells" in the New Traditions in Terror Anthology. He is
working on "Balmorea," a literary ficton work.>writes as R. Austin
Carter Austin was born in the Lone
Star State and he's been living the Texas dream ever since. After
graduating from High School in the Texas Panhandle, Austin moved South
and attended Texas Tech University where his main interests included
women, beer, and Rodeo. Today, Austin lives and works in relative
solitude on his Texas Panhandle cattle ranch with his wife and their
two young sons. Austin has written a number of short stories, and two
novels under a different name. His latest book, SKIN CHANGER, is
the first full length novel he's written as R. Austin Carver.
"I used to write Westerns - Historical Fiction if you're being PC about
it," R.A. says softly in closing. "That was a more innocent time."
Reading the hard-edged Western/Suspense/Horror fiction he writes today,
one wonders where R. Austin Carver's innocence has gone, or if indeed
this tall Texan ever had any.
Misty Crocker (Dalhart, TX)
Patsy Rae Dawson (Amarillo)
award-winning author has taught marriage classes and worked with both
men and women since 1970. Her extensive biblical and secular research
for Marriage-A Taste of Heaven series makes it the most comprehensive
material available.The most common remark she hears from
Vol I, God's People Appreciate Marriage is "I'm falling in love
all over again." Vol. II, God's People Make the Best Lovers, surprises
readers with the great wealth of teaching from the Bible. After publishing
these two volumes, Patsy began to receive requests for help with severe
problems that didn't respond to usual marriage classes. Her resulting
study and going through training at two women's shelters led to a
cassette album of classes entitled Challenges in Marriage: How Sin
Inhibits Love and What To Do About It. Currently she is putting
this in book form. Recently two chapters won first place at the Houston
Inspirational Writers Alive! Contest. Her materials are available at www.gospelthemes.com
Gail Dayton (Clarendon, TX)
is writing THE ONE ROSE fantasy trilogy for Luna Books, the
fantasy imprint of Harlequin Publishing. The first book (Gail's third published
book), The Compass Rose, was released March 2005, with The Barbed
Rose following on March 2006. The third and final book, The
Eternal Rose will be released June 2007. Gail's first book, a Silhouette Desire,
was a finalist for Best First Book in the 2002 RITA competition--the romance novelist's
version of the Oscars, and The Compass Rose was up for a Reviewer's
Choice award for Best Fantasy novel. A panhandle resident since 1999
after many years in Central Texas, she continues to write romance as
well as her fantasy novels. Visit Gail at her
website or drop by her
blog. "Be dangerous--dare to dream in the daylight..."
Betty Deckard (Amarillo) work in progress is a mainstream novel Where Dark Goes.
Ruby Depuy (Amarillo)
Jennifer DiCamillo (Highlandville, MO) Visit Jennifer's website.
Bobette Doerrie
(Booker TX) writes articles about education and science. She is on
contract to write an article for CQVHF Quarterly about the
Starshine satellite for fall publication.
Jerome Doerrie
(Booker TX) is a technical writer. His article, "Setting the Hook,"
was published in the CQVHF Quarterly last spring.
Mary Elliott (Amarillo)
Deborah Elliott-Upton
(Amarillo)
visit Debbie's website
Travis Erwin
(Amarillo)
Laura Estavez
Carleta Fernandes (Amarillo)
Houshang Filsouf
Kara P. Flathouse (Pampa, TX)
Virginia Frantz (Guymon, Okla)
It was only after I retired that I started writing regularly although I
had my first short item accepted by Redbook when I was a young mother.
I have had stories published by Life Stories, Guideposts, Angels on Earth,
the above article, and two short pieces in Saturday Evening Post.
I raised a large family and take frequent trips to see my 7 children,
16 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren.
Richard Freeze (Amarillo)
Pamela French (Guymon OK) I am a country to city transplant
now living in Guymon, OK, with a husband, Rick, two children, and two grandchildren.
I worked for the Guymon Daily Herald for a while and was published daily in
that paper. I am currently enrolled in our local Oklahoma Panhandle State
University as a full time student taking an Art Major. I hope to also increase
my writing knowledge while in college with a possible Minor in English (yet to
be decided). I am also a member of the Word Weaver Writers Club of Guymon, OK
and work on my writing as often as school allows. My current writing includes
two children's fiction stories, some exercises we do in our writers club and
some I learned at a recent writer's workshop in Taos, NM given by Deborah
Elliot-Upton. Periodically I write some for other people, bios, feature
articles, etc. for various reasons. Fiction, non-fiction, children's fiction
and feature writing are my main focuses. My passion is the written word,
beginning first with the Word of God.
Gladys Fries (Amarillo) -I originally majored in journalism in college and worked on the University paper and a couple of weeklies during school. Have written publicity for church and a couple of civic organizations. I am one of three founders of Wife Writers, the Plainview Writers Club and have served in many offices, including President. I have placed in area short story and nf writing contests.
Paul Fry (San Angelo, TX)
Elaine Galloway (Floydada, TX)
Lou Ann Garrett (Amarillo) writes nonfiction and PR
Louise George (Dumas TX) writes history and family history.
Ashley Graves (Amarillo)
Caron Guillo (Amarillo)
Christian fiction and nonfiction. Current work in progress is mom-lit
novel, Unexplored Territory. Past credits include articles, short
stories, and/or columns for Christian Woman, Choice, Church & Family,
Church Growth; true short story included in the book God Answers
Prayers Military Edition.
Ernesto Guzman (Amarillo) Currently I have no writing credits. However, I have started a crime story which I am hoping will be long enough for a novel. I plan to write mostly crime fiction in the future. I am currently writing a few short stories about some childhood experiences, some funny, some religious and inspirational. Within the next year I will start writing about my re-discovery of my Catholic faith, or my "Re-Version" as I call it.
Harry Haines (Canyon) I've switched to fiction and am working on my third novel. My second novel, The Cover-Up at Ann Arbor, won the National Writers Association contest and several other awards.
Alice Hall (Muleshoe, TX)
Tiana Hall (Amarillo)
Bettie Haller (Amarillo) - written a mainstream mystery, published Palo Duro Canyon - Pride of Texas.
Becky Haller
Sidney Hamer (Hereford, TX)
wrote a series of articles about fine jewelry for Stepping Out
Magazine, sold 2 short stories to The Palace of Reason.
Wrote the bios for the first Cowgirl Hall of Fame trading cards and
wrote copy for the Hall of Fame. Working on my third novel. The second
is being represented by Lit-West.
Beverly W. Hanlon (Amarillo)
Beverly Harris (Amarillo) writes humor
and children's fiction.
L.E. (Ed) Harvill, Jr. (Iowa Park, TX)
Cindy Hassell (Amarillo)
Neil Hess (Amarillo)
Gerald R. Hibbs
(Edmond, Oklahoma) is a contributing editor of Braced Against the
Wind, a literary anthology of the bombing in Oklahoma City. He has
published articles, short fiction, and poetry and has won over 100
awards in local, state and national contests. He serves on the board of
the Friends of the OK Center for the Book, on the Executive Committee of
the OK Writers Federation, and is Past President of OK City Writers.
Celeste High (Amarillo)
Sharon Hinton
(Floydada TX) I am a registered nurse, paramedic. I am married to a
third-generation farmer and have a 9-year-old son and 11-year-old
daughter. To this point all my writing has been for health and safety
education in the classroom and in the community. My fiction was just
for family and friends. I am ready to put writing higher on the
priority list so have mercy on this beginner. 
Anita Howard (Amarillo)
Georgina Hutcheson (Amarillo)
John Hutcheson (Amarillo)
Edyth Jackson
(Amarillo)
Lynnette Jalufka (Canyon)
I write historical fiction novels, contemporary short stories and
devotionals. In addition to writing, hobbies include working with my
horse and listening to Christian and classical music.
Betty Brown Johnson (Canyon TX) - Texas born and educated, is a retired teacher, joined Panhandle Pen Women (now PPW) in 1984. Wrote columns on word usage for the newsletter and published article in The California Horse Review. While doing volunteer work in the library compiled and edited "Attic Dust," weekly stories for Ama Daily News Regional Notebook. Book credits are dad's biography and my autobiography. Recent writings are a chuckwagon cookbook review and a story "Peg-Legs and Pig-Eye" in Saddle Baron.
Teddy Jones (Friona TX) 30 years as nurse, Nursing School Dean, past ten years as nurse practitioner, over 25 publications on nursing, including award winning textbook on nursing management. Monthly health column in the Farmer Stockman. Working on a novel, reside in Friona and Ruidoso. Visit Teddy's website.
Milton Kahn ( Santa Barbara, CA) Publicity agent was named publicity agent of the year in 1996, has represented a host of famous clients over the past 30 years. His campaign for David Stevens novel The Waters of Babylon earned him Best Publicity Campaign of 2000 for a fiction novel.
Nan Kemp (Amarillo) Life Member - Past President -she's a librarian at Amarillo College - writes humor - had a Swifty winner in Bob Wylie's "Word for Word" column in the Globe-News
Sidney Kerr (Hereford TX) Retired English, speech and computer literacy teacher. Retired antique dealer. I have completed one novel and about 2/3 of another.
Katrina Kimble (Canyon)
Penny Kirk
(Amarillo)
Jodi Koumalats (see Jodi Thomas)
Kathy Laub
(Amarillo)
Bob Lile
(Booker, TX)
Marianne McNeil Logan (Amarillo) Life Member and Award winning poet. Founded and moderated Senior Citizens Writers' Group. Started Tri-State Fair Literary Contests, poetic display at Taste the Arts, and helped establish cowboy poetry in the Panhandle. Seven chapbooks of poetry, and three more written with Vivian Ramsey Stewart, President of the Poetry Society of Oklahoma. Winner of the 2004 Hilton Ross Greer Outstanding Service Award from the Poetry Society of Texas. Won her first International First place--United Poet Laureate International Congress-- and another First Place at Frontiers in Writing Conference in Poetry, Long, Rhymed the same weekend in 2004.
Nadyne Lynn
(Amarillo)
Audrey Cannady Massingill
(Amarillo) retired secretary. Born in Illinois, lived all over the SW,
but in Amarillo the last 20 years. Write family stories and memoirs.
Have self-published two books for family and four books on geneology.
Jim Matthews (Amarillo)
Written for Bloomington Daily Herald Telephone. Produced/written
17 motivational fund raising films (one winning 1971 Addy Award for
Public Service and Public Relations). Have written for Ama Globe-News,
correspondent for Amarillo Observer, contributing editor for
Accent West and Saddle Baron magazines. Recently
completed book, The Subtle Obscenity of Growing Old.
Jerry McClenagan (Amarillo) writes religious fiction - member of the Inspirational Writers.
Susan McDivitt
(Amarillo)
Mekala McGaha
(Amarillo)
Marcy McKay (Amarillo) writes
articles and fiction, leadership skills facilitator by trade.
Molly McKnight (Amarillo)
writes mainstream/Christian fiction and children's stories. Published
in Range Riters and Love Stories II Anthologies. Frontiers in Writing
conference chair for many years running.
Doris Meredith (Amarillo) Past President and Life Member is an award winning writer of mystery novels.
Lissa Merriman (Canyon) Writing as Melissa Merriman under my full name, I freelance greeting cards and have started stories. I've taken Deborah Elliott-Upton's short story course.
Margaret Miller (Amarillo) - writes information received from my spiritual guide - published Exploring the World Within
Mary Ann Miller
(Amarillo)
Joan Minor (Bartlesville
OK) reviews books for the paper -
Phyliss Miranda (Amarillo) a
native Texan, is a freelance writer and romance author, living in the
Texas Panhandle, where she writes a regular column for the Panhandle Professional
Writers’ Newsletter The Window and is the Submission Editor for
the Jodi Thomas Fan Club Newsletter. Her professional writing affiliations include:
Panhandle Professional Writers, Second Vice-President; Tascosa Wordslingers,
President, Amarillo Chapter of the Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc.;
Romance Writers of America, Pro Status; Red River Romance Writers;
Writers’ League of Texas; Jodi Thomas Scholarship recipient 2002; and
First recipient of the Jodi Thomas Write Spirit Award. Writing credits:
"Footprints on the Heart" published in the Range ‘Riters, an
anthology featuring the writers of the Texas Panhandle; "When is it
Okay...?" and "How to Find It...Your Writing Voice" were quarterly
featured articles by Author Helper; contributed how-to articles to the
RRRW and PPW newsletters; Women’s fiction novels, The Displaced Texan
and The Troubled Texan have won the romance division at several
contests; presented "How to Find Your Writing Voice" at the 2006 PPW
Spring Boot Camp.
Rene Monroe
(Borger, TX)
Melissa Kate Moore
(Bryan, TX)
Diane Neal (Amarillo)
writes memoirs, non-fiction and humor. She had an article in the March
edition of Good Old Days, and the stories about her mother
continue in Accent West.
Jarrod Neal
(Channing, TX)
Karina Ohmes
(Amarillo)
Brenda Owen
(Amarillo)
Debra Hall Ownbey
(Springfield, CO)
DeWanna Pace (Amarillo)
also writes as Dia Hunter. I'm a multi-published author of
bestselling historical romances. I write historical romances for
Penguin Putnam, Inc./Berkley Publishing as DeWanna Pace, historical
romantic adventure for Leisure Books as Dia Hunter, and inspirational
historicals for Barbour Publishing as DeWanna Pace. Two of my earlier
books are out of print, but can be ordered from Amazon.com. In my spare
time, I teach novel writing at Amarillo College and am a paid reader
for a literary agent.
Sam Pakan
(Amarillo)
Mary E. Parker
(Canyon)
(Amarillo) Have an article published in NCIB Magazine, and am currently
finishing the first draft of a book project.
Larry Payne (Amarillo) a 30-yr
Baptist pastor and Director of Spiritual care at BSA - published 13
articles in professional journals, 2 books on religious history from a
private publisher, two articles in professional books
(compilations), and his Doctor of Ministry Dissertation (1986
Southwestern Baptist Seminary).
Ginger Porter (Canyon)
writes suspense and is currently working on a suspense novel, A Bet.
Penny Potter-Kirk
(Amarillo)
Barbara Propst (Amarillo) 25
years of broadcast and cable TV experience, Barbara has written
newscasts, commercials, three documentaries, and a 13-week television
series. Currently working on a third novel and a screenplay.
Janda Raker (Amarillo) retired
educator with MA in English. Thesis dealt with archetypes in literature.
Has taught secondary through graduate level. Writes novels, short stories,
poetry, and general NF including travel and essays. Has received several
awards in writing contests. Her work has appeared in The Writer, ByLine,
UltraRunning, WTSU Review of the Arts, and WingWorld.
Lisa Rambo (Amarillo) "finally over my writer's block, I have started writing more poetry and working on editing two finished detective manuscripts as well as starting a third.
Christen Reighter
(Amarillo)
Parman Reynolds (Amarillo)
is a consulting engineer and writes mysteries and stage plays. Won
first place in PPW screenwriting competition and fifth place in
Writer's Digest competition, currently marketing it. A rough
draft of second play and novel are finished and are being revised.
(Amarillo) Life member
writes non-fiction and is busy right now working on research for her
husband, story teller Jim Richardson.
Johnie Robbins (Amarillo) retired teacher writes devotionals, articles, poetry and fiction.
Juanita Roberts (Amarillo) Life member is working on a book of poetry and three illustrated children's books.
Pauline Robertson (Amarillo)
Life member, writer and
publisher
Mary Roper-Byrd
(Plainview, TX)
Rebecca Russell
(College Station, TX)
Dianne Sagan
(Amarillo)
Kellie Sanders
(Amarillo)
Vicki Schoen (Amarillo)
I teach school (ESL, middle school). I have done a lot of non-fiction
writing i.e. grants, business letters, academic work, but am just
beginning to write fiction. (My husband tells me grant writing is
creative, but it doesn't have much of a plot.) To date I have written
2 short stories, one a toned-down sci-fi, one children's, and the first
50 pages of a mainstream novel. I'm anxious to learn! I have been
published twice, once in the Congressional Register (speech); once in a
book called New Ways in Teaching Adults (lesson plans). Now, if
I could just publish and get paid. The pen name I use is Myra Lashley.
Gail Shelton (see Gail Dayton)
M. Joan Sikes (Amarillo).
A Kansan by birth (Topeka) and a Texan by adoption. Married to John for
nearly 49 years, 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
I wrote fiction at an early age. After I grew up I put that dream
behind me. I picked it up again 6 years ago. During college I was a
reporter for the school paper and editor of the annual. Now I hope to
publish my novel, finishing two others I have started, and complete my
middle-grade/YA series. My writing and poetry has won awards in local
contests. I am a member of Inspiration Writers Alive.
M. E. Simpson
(Lawton, OK)
Margot Sims
(Hereford, TX)
Pamela Sinh
(Norman, OK)
Teresa A. Smith (Canyon TX)
Editor of the PPW newsletter - essays. SF and memoirs - recently
completed nursing certification, so will hopefully have more writing time,
currently trying to publish some short stories and starting work on a
novel.
Elaine Standish (Amarillo) is an FiW contest finalist. She working on a YA mystery, Secret Lives.
Sharon Stevens (Canyon TX)
writes heritage - published "A History of Medicine in the Panhandle"
article in the Potter-Randall Medical Society
Magazine.
Carla Stewart (Tulsa, OK)
published a vignette, "Boots" in Saddle Baron magazine; a
story of hope and inspiration, "Feathers" in Guideposts magazine,
and in Angels on Earth magazine, The Face in the Mirror.
Attended an all expense paid trip for 5 days at the Guidepost Writers
Workshop in Rye, NY in Oct. 2002.
Patty Sutton
(Amarillo)
Karen Kay Swanson
(Wichita Falls, TX)
Nick Sweet (Taft, OK) freelance stage director since 1977 has directed more than 90 productions including the outdoor drama Trail of Tears at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Talequah OK. He is the author of two historical plays, Pride of the Prairie, (Bartlesville OK Centennial) and In Our Own Words, (OK School of the Deaf centennial). His two children's plays, The Fable of the Rock and My Stupid Cat Named Max are published by Encore Performance Publishing. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at OK Wesleyan Univ. and holds a Masters from Antioch College.
Ted Swindle
(Amarillo)
Susan Thompson
(Amarillo)
Jan Thrasher (Amarillo)
a retired elementary teacher with a BS and MS in Elementary Education.
Currently, Jan is serving as an English language consultant, assisting
Ivani Shewchenko of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with interpreting the Jan Karon
Mitford Series into Brazilian Portuguese. Mrs. Thrasher's short stories
and poetry have appeared in R & R Journal, 2001, Stuff We
Wrote, 2001, and Letters from the Soul, 2002, From the Heart:
More Stories of Love and Friendship, 2004. She is also composing a
poetry chapbook titled Snippets of Life.
Ray Tillery
(Amarillo)
Jodi Thomas (Amarillo) PPW honorary member - author of 16 novels and 4 short story collections. Her love for history has developed since childhood. One grandmother told stories of being born in a covered wagon while the other grandparents lived in a dugout as early settlers in the Texas Panhandle. Her first novel, BENEATH THE TEXAS SKY, published in 1988, won both Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice for Best Western Romance of 1988 and the National Press Women's Novel of the Year in its category. Book two, NORTHERN STAR, placed first at Panhandle Professional Writers and Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. Book three, THE TENDER TEXAN, released in 1991, put Jodi on her first national bestseller list. It was a Berkley Special Release and won Jodi her first RITA from Romance Writers of America for best historical romance written that year. PRAIRIE SONG, 1992, also made the bestseller lists. CHERISH THE DREAM followed in 1993. THE TEXAN AND THE LADY, 1994, awarded her five gold stars from both the Heartland Review and Affaire de Coeur Magazine. Thanks to book seven, TO TAME A TEXAN'S HEART, 1994, Jodi became the first author in her category to be awarded her second RITA (Best Historical Romance Written in 1994.) Book eight, FOREVER IN TEXAS, 1995, broke all records in sales and number nine, TEXAS LOVE SONG, was released in October of 1996. Book ten, a July 1997 release, TWO TEXAS HEARTS, was a Doubleday Book Club Selection for September 1997. In May of 1998 Jodi won the Holt Medallion Award (awarded by Virginia Romance Writers) with TWO TEXAS HEARTS. Romantic Times Magazine gave Jodi Thomas a Career Achievement Award for Western Historical Romance. Book eleven, THE TEXAN'S TOUCH, was released in July of 1998,and book twelve, TO KISS A TEXAN, in May of 1999. Both were hardback with Doubleday Book Club and paperback with Jove/Berkley Publishing. TO KISS A TEXAN made the USA Today Bestseller List. In October 1999, the Jodi Thomas Award for Outstanding Publishing Accomplishment was created in her honor by Romance Writers of the Texas Panhandle, of which she is a Founder and Lifetime Member. On January 25, 2000, TO WED IN TEXAS hit the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST at number 32 and remained on the extended list for three weeks. This title was also a USA Today Bestseller. March 2001 brought the release of Jodi's fourteenth novel, TWILIGHT IN TEXAS. BENEATH THE TEXAS SKY, Jodi's very first novel was re-released in July 2001. November 2001 brought the release of Jodi's fifteenth novel, THE TEXAN'S DREAM, which reached number 22 on the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST. THE TEXAN'S WAGER, Jodi's sixteenth novel is due for release in November 2002.
Mary Toponce
(Amarillo)
Delbert Trew (Alanreed, TX)
has written a weekly article for the Amarillo Globe-News since
Jan 2000 and a monthly article in Farm Collector Magazine. "I
freelance for Western Horseman, Route 66, Cattleman's, and
Fence Post magazines. I have nine books self-published and
publish the Route 66 newsletter and the Devil's Rope Museum Newsletter
quarterly. Visit Delbert's website
for more information.
Dorissa J.(Prissy) Vanover (Amarillo)
full-time secretary wife, mom, grandma currently writing non-fiction,
inspirational. I have two manuscripts completed and a third one just
beginning. I have been sending proposals to publishers and agents and
continue to wait for the one "Yes!" that I long to receive. Have had
several articles published in the Amarillo Globe-News. Enjoy
reading Christian fiction.
Dee Virden-Burks
(Amarillo) author and speaker, writes mainstream and
romance
Jerry Whitt
(Vernon, TX)
Sandra Whitt
(Vernon, TX)
Anna Wilder (Amarillo) writes short stories, articles and geneology
Donald Williams (Canyon, TX)
Glenda Williams
(Amarillo)
Scott Williams
(Amarillo) writes both fiction and nonfiction
Ruth A. Williams
(Fritch, TX)
Vernoy Willis
(Amarillo)
Carol Ann Winn
(Amarillo) I am an English teacher at Palo Duro High School. My
biography for children, Buffalo Jones was published in 2000. I
am also a violinist in the Amarillo Symphony and am actively involved
with my children's activities. I have published numerous articles on
parenting issues, and I have a short story for adults in an anthology.
Nancy Wittman
(Amarillo)
James A. Wood
(Pantego, TX) "Send in the Clones", March 99 Texas Observer,
"Can We Survive Genetic Engineering", 2000 Liberty, "Jazz
With a German Flair", 2001 University of Texas at Arlington Magazine.
Mary Yokum (Amarillo)
A licensed professional counselor who writes biographical sketches and
poetry. Her poem, "Magnetically Alligned," is a semifinalist in the
International Library of Poetry Open Poetry Contest and slated to be
published in Under a Quicksilver Moon winter of 2002. She is
currently working on inspirational non-fiction.