Mary Jean Kelso, the descendent of pioneer families who were prominent in The Battle of the Alamo (ggf Gordon C. Jennings)and the Runaway Scrape (ggm Catherine Jennings)as well as grandparents whose lives varied from a Texas Ranger to cousins of the James family in MO credits her early day family stories with generating her interest in the Old West. Much of her work is ingrained in that era and she never tires of researching the history of the West.

She writes for Nevada newspapers (having won a Best Spot News Award from The Nevada Press Assn. in 2008) as well as creates Children's Picture Books (K.C. Snider, Illustrator), Young Adult mystery novels and adult Historical Romance novels.