John Trice

John Trice is a professional banker who spent most of his career with Texas's premier banking franchise – Frost National Bank. He began writing creatively in high school and has had articles published in the American Banking Journal, Action Sport Retailer and the Padre Island Business Bulletin. A proud banker to Clyde and Peggy Smith for many years, he drew on his personal relationship with the Smiths to help tell this amazing American story. Recently retired, Mr. Trice spends his time giving back to his community, Corpus Christi, Texas, and surfing waves across the globe.

Helen K. Hosier

Helen K. Hosier is well known in the field of Christian communications both as a writer and a speaker. Her forte is writing biographies. This bookstore-owner-turned-author has over sixty titles to her credit including the best-selling Cameos: Women Fashioned by God, 100 Christian Women Who Changed the 20th Century, Living the Lois Legacy and Step Up and Step Out. Mrs. Hosier draws from her extensive background of interviewing hundreds of people, as well as from her reading and the research for her writing.