Joyce Hall Williams has lived and worked in five countries. She has taught grades three through college level and has won two literary awards, one in the Ernest Hemingway Competition and the other in the O’Henry short story contest. She serves as a volunteer church librarian.

Nancy H. West, Joyce’s second daughter, is assistant principal of the Roy Allen Elementary School in Melbourne, Florida. Nancy is completing her dissertation for her terminal degree in school administration. Nancy graduated from the American International School in New Delhi and did part of her undergraduate at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.