Tom Behrens has been a freelance writer for about 20 years. Most of his work deals with travel in Texas and outdoor recreation, including fishing, hunting, boating and camping. His work appears regularly in the Houston Chronicle This Week. He was a feature writer for the Sunday, Texas, supplement of the Chronicle and writes for Texas Family Magazine. His outdoor articles have appeared in the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department magazine, Texas. National publications include BASSMASTER, Rocky Mountain Game & Fish, Ohio Sportsman and Oklahoma Sportsman. Tom, his wife Ann, and their golden retriever live in Katy, TX.

Paul Bradshaw is a freelance writer, photographer, and illustrator specializing in family related outdoor activities.  His work has appeared in Texas Family Magazine, Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Texas Sportsman, Waterfowler Journal, and Dove Hunter.  Along with this, he is edits and publishes The Christian Hunters & Anglers Magazine.  Paul resides in the heart of the East Texas Piney Woods, near Tyler, with his wife Kari and two children Emily and Hayden.

Amy Durham is an Emmy Award winning writer with nearly ten years of experience. She specializes in home and garden content, though she has been known to write about finance, IT, and even weddings. Her work has appeared in Texas Family Magazine, D Magazine, D Home and Garden, First Home, and Facility Manager. As an expert author, she also writes original articles for website content, newsletters, blogs, and e-zines. Amy lives in Dallas with her wonder cat, Stuble. You can visit her at www.MooJuiceMedia.com.

Amy Lin is an educator and freelance writer. She currently teaches children writing through Writers in the Schools, a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage children in the power of reading and writing.  Previously she has worked as a public high school English teacher in Sugar Land, Texas. She also has experience working as a private tutor, SAT prep teacher, and standardized test scorer.  Amy lives in Houston with her husband, Stephen.

Linda Jones is a Dallas-based journalist and has been writing professionally for nearly three decades. She has worked as a feature writer for The Dallas Morning News, Detroit News, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and others.  Her freelance work has appeared in magazines and online publications such as Essence, Black Enterprise, People, Newsweek, Glamour, Blackamericaweb.com, Naturallycurly.com, Bet.com.  She is author of Nappyisms:  Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes!  An essay from her book was selected to appear in Chicken Soup for the African American Woman’s Soul, to be released in August.  She is owner of ManeLock Communications, a writing and media consulting service.

Tamekia Reece is a Houston, Texas-based freelancer who contributes editorial covering topics such as parenting, health, sex and relationships and teen issues. Tamekia has written for Parenting, Oxygen, Fit Pregnancy, Women's Health & Fitness, Seventeen, Texas Family Magazine, For Me, Planned Parenthood, Pregnancy, Health & Fitness Sports Magazine, Career World, and Teenwire, among others. She's also contributed essays to the best-selling anthology series, Chocolate for a Teens Dreams (Simon & Schuster) and A Cup of Comfort for Sisters (Adams Media).When she's not writing, brainstorming ideas or interviewing, Tamekia spends her time reading and entertaining her overly-active 11-month-old son Darren.

Shauna Smith Duty writes parenting and family content for Texas Family Magazine, BabyZone.com, and she's a columnist for InspiredParenting.net. She has reviewed over 100 children's books, ghostwritten four children's books, mentors teen writers online, and teaches classes on how to write short stories. In addition to freelance writing, Shauna researches and composes content for industry, technical, and medical clients as a copywriter. She and her high school sweetheart home school their two children and kayak regularly near Fort Worth, Texas.

Wes Eichenwald is a freelance writer based in Austin. His byline has appeared in such diverse publications as the Village Voice, Boston Phoenix, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Prague Post, The Meeting Professional and American History magazine. He is married and the father of twins.