Eva McCollaumBeverly (B. A.) Coots is a Christian, wife, mother and author of MG fantasy and women's fiction. Lonny Coots recently his studies of Linguistics at University of Arizona. Barta (Nymeyer) Howse is a widow living in Dexter, New Mexico. Jenny (Currier) hand is a food writer, blogger, reconteur, and citizen of the world who has been a "stow away" member of the JOY Writers for over a decade. New to the JOY Writers, Trace Jolliff grew up in the Texas panhandle. William Lowery, returning contributor to the JOY Reader, writes fiction, memoir, and essays with a unique and humorous voice. Eva McCollaum is the teacher of the JOY Writers and a retired Professor of English. Joyce McCollaum earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and English from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. Barbara Corn Patterson wrote "sheepherder" on her first job application and became a substitute teacher. Hedda P. Saltz--artist, designer, poet--has created two poetic collections rich with the beauty of the common place. Carolyn Patterson Sidd is a former operating room nurse. She graduated from ENMU-R, and holds a BS in nursing from Purdue University. She was awarded the AORN Journal Writer's Award in 1977. She recently graduated from Queens University of Charlotte, where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing. Read More Read Less