Lillian (MacIntosh) Ross was the 14th child of a family of 15 born to Donald and Sadie MacIntosh. She collected over the years while a teacher, the material that became the creative non-fiction Trilogy: "The Gentle Gamblers," "The Tender Years," and "A Full House." Through family letters, memoirs and interviews with others who knew the MacIntosh Family, she collected the information that went into the making of the Trilogy of True Pioneer Stories extending back many years before she was born. Newly out is the second edition of the Trilogy. Recently a fourth novel has been added, "Cougar's Crossing."

As well as being a retired schoolteacher, Lillian, mother of two sons, is a singer with a band of three other women, community volunteer, and homemaker on an acreage near Drayton Valley with her husband, Reg. The two of them have played music in bands for several years as well, among other activities.

Iris Tuftin, a retired school teacher, has lived the rodeo life. On a ranch in Alberta with her husband, Nels, she has become knowledgeable and proficient with horses. Her claim to fame in the rodeo was with barrel racing in The Canadian Finals in 1985 and 1986.

As well as ranch life she also belongs to an all-female band, "The Hinge" and has designed a teaching tool to help kids learn their multiplication times table facts. See www.daretolearn.com to find out more.