Trinity River 2022

Born March 11, 1984, in Hoboken, NJ, and raised in both Bronx, NY, and Puerto Rico, Abraham Lopez is an American US Army Veteran enlisted in the US Army from 2005-2016. He was deployed overseas between 2008-2009 during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Endurance Freedom (OEF). He received three army commendation medals and three achievement medals, among others. This is his debut novel. He is currently working on his second novel.

Brooks Harrington is a licensed attorney and a retired ordained United Methodist minister. He has served as a member of a law school faculty, a criminal prosecutor, a civil litigator, the senior pastor of an inner-city church, and the founder and head of a nonprofit legal ministry providing free legal representation and pastoral support to indigent victims of family violence and child abuse.

Chris Mullen is an Author from Richmond, Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1997 and began his teaching career. Chris was awarded the 2019 Connie Wootton Excellence in Teaching Award presented by the Southwest Association of Episcopal Schools. In 2021, Chris signed with Wise Wolf Books, a YA Imprint of Wolf Pack Publishing, and re-released his debut novel ROWDY: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen on February 24, 2022. On March 31, 2022, he released ROWDY: Redemption, followed by an April 21, 2022 release of ROWDY: Dead or Alive. Chris currently writes for Wise Wolf Books and is working on the next ROWDY installment.

Ms. Cousia Towns, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, has overcome many tragedies and triumphed in many areas of her life. "EXPOSED, Sitting in the Blood of Generational Consequences," was written by Ms. Towns to help others UNMASK and EXPOSE the painful experiences they have unknowingly locked away; not realizing the hurt will resurface within their lives disguised as economic hardships, broken families, strained friendships and other adversities.

​This book highlights the personal voyage of Ms. Towns' journey. It demonstrates how God delivered her from sitting in the blood of her mother's murder; abandonment by her family; dumped in and failed by foster care system; sexual abuse and rape by her father, that ultimately marked her for domestic violence.

Awards & Recognition

Since the publication of "EXPOSED: Sitting in the Blood of Generational Consequences" it has received a Readers Favorite FIVE STAR AWARD, as well as International recognition for the 2020 Honorable Mention in Non-Fiction-Drama Book Award!

JONATHAN RAY SCOTT is from Dallas, Texas. A 10-year veteran of the National Football League as an offensive tackle, Scott was also a member of the 2005 National Champion Texas Longhorns football team. His life off the field has been as successful as his time on the field with experience in real estate, finance, education, coaching, executive leadership, and the music industry. He recently became the co-owner of a private equity group.

Kristin Dickerson hosts North Texas' #1 lifestyle television show on NBC-5 called Texas Today. Kristin is also a videographer, writer and video editor who has earned numerous journalism awards including a National Edward R. Murrow, four National Gracies, and Regional Emmys. However, after 15 years of telling other people's stories, in 2019 she felt called to document her own. She and her husband went on a three-month pilgrimage to some of the holiest places on earth. In her book, My Journey Back to God, she details the life lessons and transformations that occurred during her faith walk. https: //www.facebook.com/KristinDickersonTV/ https: //spiritandnatureproductions.com

Lansford Guy is a former newspaper reporter who followed the court room beat into the courthouse and now practices law. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in Pulp!, the Austin Daze and My Favorite Bullet. His podcast, Fiction Tartare, features his original fiction and is available through Apple Podcasts. His non-literary interests include archery, virtual reality development, and perpetually refining his chili recipe. He lives with his wife, son and two cats in Texas.

Loren Steffy is the author of five books of nonfiction: Deconstructed: An Insider's View of Illegal Immigration and the Building Trades (with Stan Marek); The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens (with Chrysta Castaneda); George P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet; The Man Who Thought Like a Ship; and Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit." He is also the author of a novel, The Big Empty, which combines a sweeping appreciation for history and the struggles of small-town America with an examination of technology and the social and economic changes that come about when the two meet head to head.

Margie's dream had always been to write a book and after reaching her eightieth birthday, she decided that if it were ever to be accomplished, she had better get started. Being an avid "cruiser," she drew from her experiences of cruising to the Panama Canal to use as an environmental background for her first book. Much of the action takes place on a cruise ship and the ports and excursions mentioned are very real. Margie explained that "having a book published at age 85 is a little surreal. I am beyond thrilled that this has happened and being a very optimistic person, I planned this book as the first in a trilogy and have hopes of being able to accomplish that goal."

A native New Yorker, Nancy is a graduate of Harvard University, with a master's from Columbia University.   Nancy Churnin is the award-winning author of multiple picture book biographies and has published ten children's books as of October 2021. The former theater critic for the Dallas Morning News and Los Angeles Times San Diego Edition, she's now a full-time writer and peace negotiator between her dog and cats. She lives in North Texas.

"ROB WELSH is a former U.S. Marine and minister with more than 17 years of experience in the financial industry. Welsh has trained and mentored thousands of people on leadership, business, personal growth with a key emphasis on empowering and adding value to others. He lives in Dallas with Miyuki, his wife of 35 years, and his son Kenny.

Hello! I am Shauntra Maddison, Louisiana/Texas girl who loves to cook! I call myself a Creole Texan since I get the best of both worlds whenever it comes to southern cooking. I get the creole Cajun flare from Louisiana and the comfort Texan cuisine from the Lone Star state. I have always had a passion for cooking. It all stems down from my beautiful mother, my angel, may she rest in peace. As a young child, my mother always had me in the kitchen. While my other cousins got to lay around and play during Thanksgiving, I was up early cooking in the kitchen. Cooking always allowed me to be creative with the taste and the look. Honestly, you eat with your eyes so I always made sure my food looked appealing.

Shauntra Maddison is a food blogger, cookbook author and a recipe and content creator. She has recently been featured on NBC 5 Texas Today and competed on Food Network's Big Bad Budget Battle.

My latest novel is for children, and for adults who wish to reminisce: Kudzu's Enormous New Life is a magical tale about an unlikely friendship between a precocious chipmunk, a stray dog, and a three-year-old boy on the autistic spectrum as they learn to express themselves as a means of happiness and survival.

The Bass Reeves Trilogy

When I heard Morgan Freeman declare in an interview on CNN that Bass Reeves was his dream role, I suspected, like a good deputy with a hunch, that I had just found my next project, my next obsession—even my next life, which is what a new perspective should inevitably give a writer, if it’s a worthy one. “You ain’t hear a lot of stuff about Bass Reeves,” said Freeman, appearing already to slip into character. “Nobody’s ever tackled him. He was one of the most well-known deputy marshals in the West in his time. I want to do Bass Reeves.” Freeman was right. I had not heard a lot of stuff about Bass Reeves; in fact, I had not heard the name once. How could I not automatically trust Freeman’s judgment of character, given that his filmography includes such wise choices as Street Smart, Glory, Driving Miss Daisy, Unforgiven, The Shawshank Redemption, Seven, and Amistad? Without much delay, I ordered the only two books I could find that existed on the subject of Bass Reeves—Art. T. Burton’s Black Gun, Silver Star, a scholarly compilation of court documents, newspaper articles, interviews, and photographs, and Gary Paulsen’s The Legend of Bass Reeves, a 137-page novel for young adults. I had never attempted or even considered writing an historical novel yet found myself surprisingly open to the challenge.

Warren G. Landrum, Jr. is a Publisher/Author/Poet

WarLand Books was created to publish and provide easy-reading, feel-good books. These offerings also collectively take a look into the psyche of one Black Man and serve to act as an example of how All of God's Children, Black, White, Brown, Yellow or whatever, can answer the question as to whether or not we can all live together with a resounding, 'Yes We Can'!