Melinda Richarz Lyons earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of North Texas and has been a freelance writer for over 40 years. Her work has appeared in many publications, including True West, Nashville Parent, Cats Magazine, Reminisce, Frontier Times and Cincinnati Family Magazine.
 
She was the co-recepient of the Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Award for Best Western Song of the Year in 2004, and is the co-author of the book, WOOF: Women Only Over Fifty, recently published by Echelon Press.
 
Ms. Lyons' most recent work appears in FWA's Collection #1-From Our Family To Yours and Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love.