Welcome to "Meet the Authors & Illustrators." Here you'll find a quick one-page biography for our authors and illustrators, as well as links to their brochures and websites.
Bill Wallacebegan writing books when he was a new fourth grade teacher to keep his students quiet after lunch recess. Bill’s students wanted him to tell stories about when he was a boy. These stories developed into manuscripts and later into books. His first book written Shadow on the Snow was the third book to be published and is now entitled Danger on Panther Peak. His first book to be published was A Dog Called Kitty. His favorite book is Beauty, a horse that was given to him from his grandmother when he was 10 years old. He and his wife Carol own a lot of animals. Bill became a teacher and a principal at the very school which he attended as a child. The Wallaces live in Chickasha, Oklahoma. They were high school sweethearts. Bill and Carol have three children: Laurie Beth, Nikki, and Justin, as well as 5 grandchildren: Kristine, Bethany, Jordan, William, and Kaden. Read More... Website: http://www.wallacebooks.com/ Available for Speaking: Yes Brochure: Bill Wallace's Brochure
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Carol Wallace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma.Raised on the family dairy farm west of town, she attended a small country school about four miles from her home.She attended high school in Chickasha.An only child for seven years, she was excited when a little brother arrived to play with.The view from the front porch where she and her husband Bill now live, is the very farm where she grew up and where she tucked away many happy childhood memories.
Background: Carol’s early writing success was a poem she wrote in high school about a pencil.It made the school newspaper.So … she ended up teaching second grade for 26 years.She loved reading aloud to her students, especially picture books by Bill Peet.When her husband Bill began to write stories for his fourth graders, Carol would read the unpublished books to her classes.They loved it. Read More...
Mike Wimmer --- was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he grew up like most boys: playing hard, fighting sleep, reading comic books, and dreaming. Dreams that included one day winning a bodybuilding championship, being a football star, and living the adventures of his favorite literary characters, King Arthur, Robin Hood, and a salty high seas pirateer. His art developmentwith the help of his comic books and boys’ adventure stories, was well nourished and supplied by his parents who themselves had no knowledge or understanding of such talents. But, in their own words, "It kept him active, out of trouble and above all, quiet."
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From creating the new “Mr. Clean” to the colorful and proud “Simba” on Pride Rock for the Lion King soundtrack packaging, or the large historic murals commissioned to hang in the Oklahoma Capitol Building, Mike has worked for some of the largest corporations in the world, including: American Airlines, Procter & Gamble, Reader's Digest, Disney, Kimberly Clark, Southwestern Bell, AT&T, and just about every major publisher in the United States. He finds his greatest artistic pleasure, however, in creating images for his many children's books and fine art prints. "They allow me to have the final say so in the creative process. It is still very much like being that little boy lying on the floor with an empty drawing pad and a full box of crayons." Read More . . . Website: www.mikewimmer.com
