Mike Cox
​Elected to the Texas Institute of Letters in 1993, along with James Michener and Bill Moyers, Mike Cox is the best-selling author of more than 30 nonfiction books and hundreds of magazine articles, newspaper columns and essays. A former award-winning newspaper reporter, Cox served as chief of media relations for the Texas Department of Public Safety and later communications manager for the Texas Department of Transportation before retiring in 2007. When not writing or traveling, Mike spends as much time as he can fishing and hunting. Now based in Wimberley, Mike’s goal is to keep writing at least one book a year until he either runs out of ideas or time.

Jo Whittemore
​Jo Whittemore is the author of numerous middle-grade humor and fantasy novels. She is the author of the tween humor series Confidentially Yours, as well as the novels Front Page Face-Off, Odd Girl In, and D is for Drama. She also penned The Silverskin Legacy fantasy trilogy. Jo currently lives in Austin, Texas, where she is an active member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and the Texas Sweethearts & Scoundrels. She writes from a secret lair in Austin, Texas, that she shares with her husband. Jo lives off of chocolate and pizza. She would not have survived in colonial times.

Deirdre Williams
Dr. Deirdre Williams is an educator and author who loves reading and writing. She gained her love for reading from her mother who always took her to the local library for story hour and summer reading club. In 2005, she participated in the DC Area Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project. It was during this time she began to pull her writings from her childhood and build on them. Inspired by her niece and nephew, Dr. Williams has written a series of books as a tribute to them. Donovan Says, published in 2018, is her third published children’s book. Dr. Williams published her first book Quit, Khaliah! in 2016 and her second book ¡Khaliah, para! in 2017. She is a Project WISE author and member of the Writers League of Texas.

Stephen Yanoff
​Stephen G. Yanoff is a former New York insurance company executive who was an acknowledged expert in the field of high risk insurance. He now writes nonfiction history books and mystery novels, and has won numerous gold and silver medals. Dr. Yanoff is also a published playwright and the winner of several prestigious playwriting contests. His latest mystery is Capone Island, with insurance investigator Adam Gold pulled into the web of a vicious Miami mobster and a confrontation with Cuban spies. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, two daughters, and a rapidly growing family.

Mark Pryor
​Mark Pryor writes crime fiction, the kinds of stories he grew up reading, where the good guys hunt the bad guys and sometimes it's not clear who's who.  His popular Hugo Marston series is set mostly in Paris, but also in London and Barcelona. Hugo is the head of security at the US Embassy in Paris, a former FBI profiler, and a rather old-fashioned kind of hero.  In addition to his Hugo series, he has written two novels set in Austin, Texas: HOLLOW MAN (September, 2015) and DOMINIC (January 2018). They are psychological thrillers. Publishers Weekly compared HM's ending with one of his favorite movies, THE USUAL SUSPECTS. He takes that as a compliment!  In real life, he is a prosecutor in Austin, Texas, a husband, a father, and (as he describes himself) a barely-above-average soccer player.
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