Present and past Lost State Writers Guild members have produced a wide array of fiction, poetry and art. Look for their work at booksignings, online and even art and craft shows! Some members have their own websites and their works may be ordered direct from them.
alvis
As a child Donna Alvis created imaginary friends named Enya and Haylove. Lacking a brother, she dubbed the family cat her 'Fuzzy Brother.' In history class, while others snoozed, she wondered about the people way back when, how they lived, what their everyday lives were like. She still does that and then throws a little crime into their lives, as her forte is historical mystery. Her WIP, Spies, Lies, and French Fries, is set during the years of World War Two.
artrip
A several time contributor of short mysteries to Woman's World Tennessee writer Mary Ann Artrip has published three novels. Her first, Remember Me with Love was published in 1994 and won the publisher's Golden Book Award for mystery/suspense. She has since re-issued it with a new cover. Her second, Moonshadows, came out in mid-2005 and her IPPY award-winning third novel, Surrey Square debuted in July 2006. Mary Ann's books are available from Amazon and other online bookstores as well as her website. Visitors to her website may also read excerpts from Mary Ann's latest book Parsnips and Princes, a collection of her short stories.
barnett
Janice Willis Barnett not only is a freelance writer and columnist for her hometown newspaper but has published articles and essays in such venues as Southern Arts Journal and Encyclopedia of Appalachia. Her essays have aired on Public Radio's Inside Appalachia. Currently Janice, whose roots in Unicoi County, TN go back to the late 1700's, is working on an oral history project for the town of Unicoi.
boggs
Jenny Boggs
abond
Arthur D. Bond, Ph. D., is a native of northern California with academic training in chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Davis and the University of Oregon Medical School. His eighteen years of teaching at college and university resulted in three National Institute of Health research fellowships and four National Laboratories research fellowships, which led to numerous publications in scientific journals. He was director of analytic research with an international pharmaceutical company. He has taken classes in wood turning and blacksmithing at the John Campbell Folk School, and has published two previous short stories.
mbond
"Maggie" Bond painted since childhood, won state and local awards from the age of nine. She has won national and international awards since, with works in the Library of Congress in D.C. She is a juiried member in local, state, national and international professional arts associations. Attending John Campbell Fok School renewed her long-time interest in poetry; she is writing seriosly again. Her works have been published in several venues and read in many locations.
bone
Patrick Bone took his writing seriously after he retired from work as a parole officer with the State of Colorado. His first short story was published in Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters. He is also the author of Bloody Mary, Aliens of Transylvania County and A Melungeon Winter after which he took time off from writing to earn a doctoral degree. He is now in process of publishing a thriller based on his experiences as a lawman.
brewer
Joe Ann Brewer
byars
Ann Marie Byars
calloway
Brenda C. Calloway is a lifelong resident of East Tennessee. Her book, America's First Western Frontier: East Tennessee, came about as a result of a series of articles she wrote for the Johnson City Press on the history of the Cherokees and early settlers in the immediate area. This is a narrative of the first “Old West”—the land just beyond the crest of the Appalachian Mountains—and the many “firsts” that occurred there. Second in the series, her Trek of the Ancient Spirits she has skillfully interwoven historical fact with historical fiction, myths, and legends. Thus, these spirits from the past.
carroll
Jimmie O'Dell Carroll was born in Coalwood, WV in 1942 and graduated from Big Creek High School. A character in the movie October Sky is based on him. He attended the University of Maryland while stationed in Spangdahlem, Germany and graduated from Colorado State University in 1969. Since 1970, he has worked for State Farm Insurance. He has been involved in Scouting as a Cubmaster and a Scoutmaster with wood badge training.
churchwell
Rocky Churchwell
cobbs
William Walton (Bill) Cobbs II was born in the twenties in Southwest Virginia. He was a bodyguard to General Eisenhower in WW II. He has been a writer all of his life, publishing or coediting 170 books, including 43 children's books, and several thousand news columns and articles. He is presently a columnist for Media General newspapers. He holds several advanced degrees.
collier
Jim Collier
davis
Adda Leah Davis is a retired schoolteacher, mother, grandmother and the author of six books. Her book, Lucinda's Mountain, was published in mid-2007. She has since written and published two sequels, Jason's Journey and The Beckoning Hills, available from the usual sources and her website. Addie's first works were Caleb's Song and Here I Am Again, Lord as well as Golden Harvest Creations a series of Primary school texts and workbooks.
donley
Judy Donley
donnelly
Keith Donnelly, born and raised in Johnson City, TN, was graduated from Science Hill High School and earned a degree in Economics from ETSU. Working full time for many years in New York City as a book manufacturing sales representative to support a family left little time to pursue his long-time desire to write. After moving back to Tennessee, he got the idea for his first book, Three Deuces Down, featuring PI Donald Youngblood, which was accepted by New South Books in Alabama. His next two books, Three Days Dead and Three Devils Dancing were published by John F. Blair, Publisher in Winston Salem, NC. All the Donald Youngblood Mysteries may be puchased at www.blairpub.com, Barnes and Noble online and Amazon as well as being available at book retailers nationwide.
dykes
Pete Dykes has published a small local newspaper since 1971, dedicated to God, country and reader, called The Daily News in Kingsport, TN. Files from its original inception The Post (weekly), and as years went by the renamed Kingsport Post, then Post-News and finally the Daily News are archived on the website. From the archive page, News stories, names, advertisements, editorials, comics...they're all here for you to enjoy - thanks to the technical folks at GOOGLE. Also a writer Pete Dykes has published a collection of his columns, Pug Potters Journal and more recently his Haunted Kingsport was published by The History Press.
dfleming
Darrell Fleming, author of Family, Friends And War Heroes, Reflections From World War II, is a member of Lost State Writers Guild. He grew up in Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia. Graduated from Union College with majors in English and History/Political Science and from The University of Virginia with a Master of Education Degree in Secondary Administration. After serving in the United States Army, he began teaching English in Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia where he taught at the secondary level for nine years and served as an assistant principal and principal for 16 years. He completed his career as Coordinator of Human Resources for Fairfax County Public Schools before retiring in 1988. Darrell and his wife, Kathy, moved to Blountville, Tennessee in 1994. He enjoys reading, writing, traveling, golfing and fishing. He published Family, Friends And War Heroes in September, 2005, which may be reviewed and purchased at his website.
hfleming
Hazel Rash Fleming was born and raised in Washington County, Virginia. One of eleven children born to a sharecropper. She had never considered being a writer until after retiring from the Federal Government in 1995. She has had two short stories published in Good Old Days Magazine, two poems published in Echoes and Images at Northeast State Community College. She published her first novel, The Pink Irish Rose, in April 2006. She is a member of Lost State Writers' Guild of Northeast Tennessee and Writers' Network at Northeast State Community College. Hazel and her husband, Jerry, currently live in Blountville, TN.
fox
Elizabeth Fox has been writing for most of her life, though not for public review. She wrote and performed in Stop, the Lady Is a Doc, loosely based on the TV series, MASH, while a student at Sevier Middle School. In college she stretched her acting wings and starred in Joan of Arc, To Burn a Witch and Plaza Suite. Raising her son became her top priority after his birth, though she did some commercial writing for an online company. She has recently begun work again on a thriller novel.
freeman
Bev Freeman
gouldthorp
Born in Nottingham, England, David Gouldthorp appears to have lived out of a suitcase for most of his life, having tallied 41 permanent addresses over the years. His eye for detail is evident. Raised before the era of television, David developed his storytelling capabilities at the knee of his Grandfather, a magnificent yarn spinner and teller of tall tales as the family gathered around the hearth after supper. Against The Heavens’ Ink, his collection of stories, poems and observations was published in 2006.
grocki
Stan Grocki, a native of Brooklyn, NY, was a member of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment from 1944 to 1948 and has been a re-enactor with Company "C" of that regiment since 1988. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as an aerial photographer aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea CVA43 from 1950 to 1954. Stan now lives in Johnson City and is a member of the U.S.S. Coral Sea CVA43 Association, the National Association of Naval Photography, the Lost State Writers Guild and the Civil War Roundtable of Kingsport, TN.