Linda Hussa has published both nonfiction--Sweet Iron and Diary of a Cow Camp Cook--and poetry--Where the Wind Lives and Under the Silence. She lives on a ranch with her husband near Cedarville, California.

Sophie Sheppard's paintings have been widely exhibited in the West from San Francisco to Montana. A dedicated environmental activist, she lives with her husband in Lake City, California.

Carolyn Dufurrena publishes freelance articles, teaches grade school, and works with her husband and son on the Quinn River Ranch in Nevada.