Meta F StraussMeta Strauss, a native Houstonian, thought she left Texas behind forever when she retired in Sonoma, California in 2005. She began writing short stories about her large extended Texas family and bigger-than-life home state. Some were true and others ure fiction. When the Texas tales became popular with friends, she was encouraged to write a novel. That was the beginning of Saving El Chico. Strauss's work appears in a number of anthologies, in the Sonoma Sun Newspaper, and is featured on the Sonoma Writer's Alliance and on other web sites. She has won several awards for her short stories and often reads her work at local Sonoma events. Read More Read Less