Michael I. Hobbs
	Author of Through Eyes of Stone: A Memoir (Vietnam). Except for his years in the military and time traveling in work-related assignments, Michael I. Hobbs has lived in the Crowley's Ridge area of Southeast Missouri, specifically the towns of Bloomfield and Dexter. He is an avid woodsman, huntsman (bow and firearms), fisherman, and a collector of nature and military lore and artifacts.

Tony Shaffer

Author of The Spring Branch. Tony Shaffer is a poet, teacher, musician, fly fisher, &c. He has taught writing and literature and plays guitar, pedal steel, keyboard, and bass. Shaffer has traveled extensively, touring Europe, Australia, and most of the US with artists ranging from blues icon King Alex to country music legend Leroy Van Dyke. He fishes for trout...and others. [Quoted from the cover of The Spring Branch.]