A veteran Texas-based journalist, John DeMers is the author of fifty published books on subjects from food and drink, to Texas culture, history, to a popular series of crime novels set in far West Texas. Most recently the author of Cordua: Foods of the Americas, John's earlier works for Bright Sky Press include Follow the Smoke: 14,783 Miles of Great Texas Barbecue, and the Chef Brett adventures beginning with Marfa Shadows. He lives in Houston and Marfa.