James A. Humphrey is retired with his wife of fifty years in Grapevine, Texas. By birthright, he is a certified citizen of the Cherokee Nation and takes online language classes from their language department. The author is an oil painter. “Like painting, writing needs a stimulus. My paternal grandmother, Ella Waters, a…
Douglas Redwine is a mentor, motivational speaker and the founder of R.E.D. STEM & Arts. Mr. Redwine is a graduate of Texas Southern Univ. and is a STEM professional in the field of Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) where he functions as a Region Operations Manager for the Biomed Engineering department. Although a tech professional, Douglas…
Jim Schutze is an acclaimed journalist and author. A longtime political journalist at the Dallas Times Herald and the Dallas Observer, and former Dallas bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle, Schutze currently is a columnist at D Magazine. He has earned many honors for his writing, receiving the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ national award for…
E. R. Bills received a BA in Journalism from Texas State University and does freelance writing for publications around the state. He currently resides in North Texas with his wife and family.
Samantha Mabry is the author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison; All the Wind in the World, which was longlisted for a National Book Award; Tigers, Not Daughters; and, most recently, Clever Creatures of the Night. In addition to writing, Samantha teaches college-level composition at Southern Methodist University and is the mother of an energetic young son. Samantha and her…
Orion Jean was named TIME Magazine’s 2021 Kid of the Year. His amazing accomplishments include donating over half a million books to children, collecting over 100,000 meals for the food insecure, and now he is the author of a second children’s book, Race to Kindness. Orion lives with his family in Mansfield, Texas. Illustrator, Born and raised…