Welcome to the web home of Texas author Mae Durden-Nelson, whose books bring history alive for middle-school readers. Mae also collaborates with husband Bill Nelson to make music under their Winsome Mergings label.

We’ve included a generous selection of Bill Nelson’s photographs that illustrate Mae’s books.

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Mae Durden-Nelson speaks to groups and welcomes inquiries from schools and libraries.

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Coming Up 2009: ‘Good Old Days’ at Pioneer Museum

June 20: Signing, I Just Called Her Momma, 2-4 pm.

July 18: Signing, Genesis: Son of Defiance; Lecture at 1 p.m., signing from 2-4.

August 15: Signing, Four Boys, Two Canoes and the Guadalupe, Lecture at 1 pm., signing from 2-4.