CHRISSY WILLIS

Chrissy is the past President of OCW, Inc. and has been a member of the board since 1986. She is the author of seven books including three books for children. Her short stories have been published in the USA and Australia. Currently she writes for McGraw-Hill and Gryphon House. E-mail her at ozarkcreativewriters@earthlink.net or visit her Web site at http://www.clarissawillis.com/.

DAVID MARION WILKINSON

David has won numerous awards for his fiction and is the current president of OCW, Inc. His next book, a memoir he co-wrote with Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson, will be published in the spring of 2005. David lives with his wife and children in Alpine, Texas. E-mail him at RanchDavidian@llnet.net or visit his Web site at http://www.dmarionwilkinson.com/.

DUSTY RICHARDS

Dusty has served on the OCW Board of Directors for over a decade. Author of more than 60 novels, he has contracted for a new series with Pocket Books. Dusty and his wife, Pat, live in Springdale, Arkansas. E-mail him at dust@ipa.net or visit his Web site at http://www.dustyrichards.com/.

W. C. JAMESON

W.C. is the multiple award-winning author of 42 books and over 1,500 articles and essays. His latest book, Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave, is a regional best-seller. Recently, Jameson was an advisor for the movie, National Treasure. When not writing, W.C. travels throughout the country performing his music and conducting writing and poetry seminars and speaking at conferences. E-mail him at wcalphawolf@hotmail.com.

PEGGY VINING

A member of the OCW, Inc. Board of Directors for over 25 years, she is the Poet Laureate of Arkansas and a freelance writer who is active in a variety of literary organizations including Poet's Roundtable, Arkansas Penwomen, and The Arkansas Songwriters Association. She served as conference director and President of OCW, Inc. for over fifteen years. A collection of her poems is scheduled to be published this year. E-mail her at mpvining@aristole.net.

MAX MCCOY

Max McCoy is an award-winning novelist, journalist, and screenwriter. His most recent novel is Hinterland, a thriller about white supremacists set in and around Eureka Springs, and Into the West, a novelization of the epic Steven Spielberg miniseries. He is currently at work on his fourteenth novel, a sequel to his 2004 underwater thriller, The Moon Pool. He is also vice-president of Ozark Creative Writers. E-mail him at max@maxmccoy.com or visit his Web site at http://www.maxmccoy.com/.

JIM HORNFISCHER

James is the author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (Bantam Hardcover, 2004), a non-fiction work that Publishers Weekly called "One of the finest WWII Naval action narratives of recent years" and which the History Book Club wrote "stands comparison with the best work of Stephen Ambrose." He is an attorney and a literary agent residing in Austin, Texas. E-mail him at jim@hornfischerlit.com.