Trudy Silverheels and Damien Wynter were both born in Yavapai County, Arizona, and both today reside in Texas (she in Houston; he in New Braunfels).Essays and poems by Damien Wynter are included in an anthology work (Dusky Nightshade's Opuscule) edited by Ouida Peeples.Trudy Silverheels is the author of a novel based on actual events (Dusky Nightshade and the Little Heathens), a novella (The Chosen Profession of Jade Stonecalf), and an autobiography (Baring All).