The Denton Writers League

The Denton Writers League is a group of readers, and published and unpublished writers who help each other hone their craft through external critique groups, guest speakers, and workshops.

The League meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in Denton TX in the Emily Fowler Branch of the Denton Library located at 502 Oakland St.

Dues are $15 a year.

      North Texas Authors

This is a partial list of writers who live or are from North Texas with special emphasis with ties to Denton.

If you know of authors who should be added to the list, please e-mail us.

Nancy Bell

  • BIGGIE AND THE POISONED POLITICIAN
  • BIGGIE AND THE MANGLED MORTICIAN
  • BIGGIE AND THE FRICASSEED FAT MAN
  • BIGGIE AND THE MEDDLESOME MAILMAN

Sandra Brown

  • STANDOFF
  • (too many titles to list)

Lillian Stewart Carl

  • ASHES TO ASHES
  • DUST TO DUST
  • GARDEN OF THORNS
  • SABAZEL
  • THE WINTER KING
  • SHADOW DANCERS
  • WINGS OF POWER
  • MEMORY AND DESIRE
  • SHADOWS IN SCARLET

Betty Casey (Denton Writers' League member)

  • THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SQUARE DANCING
  • DANCE ACROSS TEXAS

Suzanne Frank

  • REFLECTIONS ON THE NILE
  • SHADOWS ON THE AGEAN
  • SUNRISE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN

Chloe Green (pen name for Suzanne Frank)

  • GOING OUT IN STYLE

Jean M. Greenlaw

  • WELCOME TO THE STOCK SHOW
  • RANCH DRESSING: THE STORY OF WESTERN WEAR
  • STEPPING STONES
  • Storybook Classrooms : Using Children's Literature in the Learning Center-Primary Grades
    by Karla Hawkins Wendelin(Introduction), M. Jean Greenlaw (Introduction).

Jackye Havenhill (Denton Writers' League member)

  • TEXAS LEGENDS

Frances Henk (Denton Writers' League member)

  • RACHAEL WILLIAMS AND THE CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE POOL
  • A TIME TO TRUST

Robert Humphrey

  • THE MENDELIAN THRESHOLD

Robert Koger

  • 101 Great Youth Soccer Drills
  • The New Coach's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer

Joni Latham (Denton Writers' League member)

  • EYE OF THE JACKAL

Dan Jenkins

  • SEMI-TOUGH
  • LIMO
  • DEAD SOLID PERFECT
  • BAJA TEXAS
  • (too many titles to list )

Jim Marrs

  • CROSSFIRE
  • ALIEN AJENDA
  • RULE BY SECRECY

Allana Martin

  • DEATH OF A HEALING WOMAN (the Texana Jones series of mysteries)
  • DEATH OF A SAINT MAKER
  • DEATH OF AN EVANGELISTA
  • DEATH OF A HEALING WOMAN

Florence McClain (Denton Writers' League member)

  • VISIONS OF MURDER: A NOVEL
  • TRUTH ABOUT PAST LIFE REGRESSION
  • PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PAST LIFE REGRESSION

Larry McMurtry

  • LONESOME DOVE
  • (too many titles to list )

Diana Milam (Denton Writers' League member)

  • MY LOVE ETERNAL

E. Dale Odom

  • AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS

Dan Proctor

  • THE DOOFUS DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL TERMS

Charles P. Saunders

  • WHEN IT PAINS, IT ROARS (WHEN IT LAUGHS, IT SOARS)

Gerald Stone

  • ROCKHAND LIZZIE
  • GOD'S FRONT PORCH

Crystal Wood

  • CUT HIM OUT IN LITTLE STARS
  • FOOL'S JOUST

Suzi Zimmerman

  • INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE ARTS
  • INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE ARTS TEACHER'S GUIDE
  • INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE ARTS II
  • INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE ARTS II TEACHER'S GUIDE
  • MORE THEATER GAMES FOR YOUNG PERFORMERS

The following North Texas authors are currently in print, but time and space do not permit displaying their bibliographies.

Aaron Allston, Patricia Anthony, Jack Ballas, Donna Bell, Shelley Bradley, Betty Brooks, Victoria Chancellor, Jan Clark, Pat Cody, Catherine Coulter, Deborah Crombie, Tanya Anne Crosby, Geralyn Dawson, Christina Dodd, Dianna Dodson, P.N. Ellrod, Bonita Faye, Anna Gerard, Robert Greer, Leanne Harris, Lorranin Heath, Yvonne Jocks, Kristin Kyle, Tina Leonard, Roxanne Longstreet, John McCord, Sylvia McDonald, Tim McGuier, Judy McNaught, E.R. Millner, Margaret Mosley, Helen P. Myers, Nancy Pannell, Vickie Presley, The Reasoners (dozens of pen names), Hebby Roman, Lynn Sheffield Simmons, Mora Sizer (Deanna James, Rebecca Davis), Alexis Smart, Catherine Spangler, Dee Stuart, Katherine Sutcliffe, Vicki Taylor, Rebecca Wade, Susanna Wiggs.


Misspellings and omissions are entirely my fault, but to the extent that it is accurate this list is full of names suggested by many DWL members. Oleta North deserves special recognition for her astonishing memory for author's names.

-- George Avera


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