Dalton began reading young by exploring C.S. Lewis’s Narnia and Tolkien’s Middle Earth. He loved storytelling so much that he wrote several for his own enjoyment. Historical fiction has always been his calling, capturing his wife with a tale set in Ancient Rome on Wattpad. He is an avid re-enactor, specializing in WWII. He loves everything about ranching and country-life. Cowboying and writing seem a bit at odds, but Dalton was never one for labels.

Emily has been working with young adults as an English teacher since 2017. Armored with a BA in English, an MA in Education and way too many classroom tales, she demands teens see themselves in literature—the artsy ballplayer, the quiet artist, the vivacious mathlete. Even the quiet ones deserve to be the protagonist. She adores all things fantasy, but any good book with heart can grab her attention. She is steadily working on constituting her personal book horde as a library. In 2018, her short story “Rows of Two” won the honorable mention for fiction in the Connecticut Writing Project Magazine. She loves cake and all things yummy.

Dalton and Emily have two sons, two boisterous dogs, and a queen—er, a cat. They live in North Carolina.

Their first book will be published with Quill & Flame Publishing House by Spring 2026.