Please note that it isn't possible to list the many awards that many of our featured authors have won.
This list only highlights a few of their honors.

Dr. Steven L. Berk - Dr. Berk is the author of Anatomy of a Kidnapping, the true story of how he was kidnapped in Amarillo, Texas by a dangerous and enigmatic criminal who entered his home, armed with a shotgun, through an open garage door. Dr. Berk’s experiences and training as a physician, especially his understanding of Sir William Osler’s treatise on aequanimitas, enabled him to keep his family safe, establish rapport with his kidnapper, and bring his captor to justice. This harrowing story is not just about a kidnapping. It is a story about patients, about physicians, and about what each experience has taught Berk about life and death, mistakes, family, the practice of medicine, and the physician-patient relationship. It is a story about how Berk's profession prepared him for an unpredictable situation and how any doctor must address life’s uncertainties. Berk is dean of the Texas Tech School of Medicine and provost of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. As a physician certified in infectious disease and geriatrics, Berk has treated an outstanding diversity of patients in his forty-year medical career.

Robyn Conley - Clyde - Conley, the Book Doctor, co-founded and led the Writer's Group of Fort Worth, TX for over a decade, nurturing other writers while starting her own career as a writer. Editing came naturally, and when the writers in her group landed published credentials because of some of her critiques, she wanted to spread that success on a greater scale. She taught the mechanics of writing and publishing.  Then conference directors around the country started calling, seeking her expertise to help their attendees take advantage of her objective and encouraging nature. With thousands of one-on-one critique sessions and hundreds of edited manuscripts under her belt, Conley is more than qualified to help with your project. 

John Erickson - Perryton - Erickson, this year's A.C. Greene Award winner, has written and published 75 books and more than 600 articles, and is best known as the author of the Hank the Cowdog series of books, audio-books, and stage plays. The Hank the Cowdog series began as a self-publishing venture in his garage in 1982 and has endured to become one of the nation’s most popular series for children and families. Through the eyes of Hank the Cowdog, Erickson gives readers a glimpse of daily life on a ranch in the West Texas Panhandle. For more than thirty years, Erickson has worked hard to maintain the highest standards of good, wholesome family entertainment. In doing that, he has built a bond of trust with parents, librarians, and teachers, and all his stories have been approved for the Accelerated Reader Program. His stories have won a number of awards, including the Audie, Oppenheimer, Wrangler, and Lamplighter Awards, and have been translated into Spanish, Danish, Farsi, and Chinese.

Donna Ingham - Spicewood - Humorist and folklorist Donna Ingham takes the ancient art of storytelling and gives it a Texas twist to entertain audiences of all ages. Ingham tells tall tales, folklore, historical and personal stories told as only a Texan could--or would. A former college professor with a Ph.D. in English, she also offers workshops, master classes, training and in-service sessions as well as age-appropriate programs for elementary and secondary schools. As a published author, she brings an added dimension to her school visits and both entertains and enlightens audiences at book festivals and conferences.

Diane Kelly - Diane Kelly, author of the Tara Holloway Mystery series, writes romantic mysteries featuring feisty heroines, quirky sidekicks, and sexy leading men, with humor that leaves readers laughing out loud. A CPA/tax advisor, Diane spent several years in the Houston, Texas and San Diego, California offices of a “Big Four” accounting firm, where she had the pleasure of working with a partner later indicted for tax shelter fraud. She also served a stint as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas under an AG indicted for criminal activity related to the tobacco company lawsuits. Given this work history, Diane decided self-employment might be a good idea. Thus began her writing career. Diane’s manuscript for Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure won the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart award. Her manuscripts have received more than two dozen RWA chapter awards as well. Diane’s fiction, tax, and humor pieces have appeared in True Love Magazine, Writer’s Digest Yearbook, Romance Writers Report, Byline Magazine, and various other publications.

Leila Meacham - San Antonio –Meacham came to her love of writing late, but when she did, the result was Roses, an epic family story in the manner of Gone with the Wind or Thorn Birds.   The New York Times bestseller is a generational saga set in East Texas.  Meacham, a retired English teacher, has written a second novel entitled Tumbleweeds which was released this year.