By Joe L. Blevins
Joe loved to draw from an early age. He would write down descriptions and ideas for future projects that accompanied his pictures. As a child his handwriting was terrible so his parents had him practice writing his alphabet and numbers in a writing tablet every Sunday afternoon. Joe quickly grew bored writing pages of the same thing. He knew stories that his paternal grandfather told him of his life growing up in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Joe also learned of stories of his other family coming to Texas as Peters’ Colonists when it was a republic in the 1840’s This was much more interesting to write about because of all the details that few authors knew or tried to write about. Joe’s handwriting improved and so did his interest in writing and drawing. In time this became many folders and boxes of information that Joe learned about from close family and friends who had similar family stories. There was a common thread that these stories shared that showed the determination of the early pioneer people to survive and tolerate hardships: to build up something worthwhile where there was nothing before. These were the seeds for Joe’s first books about the early history of Texas. Joe’s interests are varied from art, history, scriptwriting, photography, music, and acting. His books reflect these varied interests. Seven books later Joe has made each one unique to tell a story the way it has never been told before. Joe has four books on history, two children’s books, and a new Gothic tale of terror.
Bibliography for Joe L. Blevins:
The Texas Republic (2002)
After the Republic (2008) Winner of the 2009 American Authors Association Silver Quill Award and the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival
Gone to Texas-Two Plays of Early Texas (2008)
A Visit to Pawpaw’s Book One (2009)
A Visit to Pawpaw’s Book Two (2009)
The Escape from Eden (2010)
Joe has eight copyrights and four listings with the Writers Guild of America. He is also a member of the British Fantasy Society. Joe always illustrates all his books.
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