Alice LongAuthors Alice Long and Mark L. Ridge teach at Rust College. Long is an award-winning writer who has published fiction, including several novels, and historical works centering on Jefferson Davis Jr., yellow fever, and Lewis and Clark. She holds a maser of arts degree in literature and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from University of Memphis. She is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and lives in Holly Springs. Ridge has written two books of prose poems and is completing a novel. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in creative writing from University of Memphis after retiring from the U.S. Navy. Read More Read Less