L.G. Bridges
Laura Gray Bridges holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of North Texas, with a dual minor in English and Elementary Education. She’s been a business and magazine writer of more than 25 years, has been published in multiple short story collections, and is the author of The Keepers, a modern-day fairytale for middle school readers (available on Amazon) and her most recent creative work, The Wooblers (published by Colorful Crow Publishing in 2025). She and her husband, Don E. Bridges, have five children, nine grandchildren, and two dogs. Gray enjoys reading, making art, volunteering, traveling, and going for long walks in the forest surrounding her home. She’s available to speak and do workshops on writing for both adults and children. After her middle son’s death from Fentanyl, she has become an advocate for drug awareness.
Meet The Wooblers’ Illustrator - Tammie J. Walters
Tammie J. Walters studied art at the University of North Texas (UNT) where she and Laura Gray Bridges met and were college roommates. Tammie continued her artistic journey designing and painting signs, billboards, and murals. She then chose a path in environmental science, working in that field until 2021 when she retired. When Gray asked if she would illustrate her book, The Wooblers, Tammie jumped on the opportunity. She lives in Sanger, Texas, with her husband of 35 years and their three cats. Tammie is a member of the Texas Master Naturalist Elm Fork Chapter, editor/design editor of the chapter’s monthly newsletter, and the Water Quality Project Manager. She loves drawing, painting, graphic design, being outdoors absorbing nature, and conducting water quality sampling in area creeks.