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		Dyanne Fry Cortez
		Dyanne Fry Cortez has been writing about Texas culture and characters since 1979, when she became a general assignments reporter for the state’s largest weekly newspaper, The Highlander. She has two books in print: Hot Jams & Cold Showers: Scenes from the Kerrville Folk Festival, is a memoir drawn from the author's 20-plus years at this landmark music festival, serving as a journalist, staff volunteer, performing musician, and all-around "Kerrvivor." Tipi, A Modern How-To Guide, co-authored by Dyanne and her husband Javier Cortez, offers first-hand tips on living as the Plains Indians did (with a few modern twists). Ms. Cortez is one of 34 Texas woman writers featured in Red Boots & Attitude, a 2002 release from Eakin Press. She was a contributor to Cupid's Wild Arrows, an international anthology on cross-cultural romance published in 1993 by Bergli Books of Switzerland. Her work has appeared in American Profile, The Good Life, The Austin Chronicle, Texas Hill Country View, and Enchanted Rock, and on the syndicated radio program Earth and Sky. As a musician, Cortez holds the distinction of being the Kerrville Folk Festival's only jammin' bassoonist. She has appeared on the Kerrville stage with David Amram and with the Glen Alyn earnest tub Band. At home in Austin, she occasionally performs with the Austin Baroque Players, the Balcones Community Orchestra, and various pickup bands.
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	Tipi A Modern How-To Guide (Dos Puertas) ©2003, 93pp. $9.25	For centuries, the tipi was the chosen home of many American Indian tribes. Times have changed, but the tipi is still with us. At least two dozen companies make tipis today. People across North America and around the world are discovering the charms and comforts of this beautiful, portable shelter. This guide will tell you where to get a tipi, how to haul it, how to set it up, how to furnish it, and how to keep it warm in winter, cool in summer, and dry in a stormy spring!
	Hot Jams & Cold Showers Scenes from the Kerrville Folk Festival ©2000, 312pp. $18.50	"Everyone should go to Texas' famous Kerrville Folk Festival! Going once will never be enough. (This) book leads you through its shenanigans, its tent-toppling winds, its balmy starlit evenings, its non-stop music on and offstage as only an insider can." - Liz Carpenter, author, journalist "If you have ever camped 'neath the Hill Country stars, jammed at the Kerrtry Store, let a prayer drift up into the branches of the Ballad Tree, or found 'home' in the reunion hug of a good friend, you need this book..." - Crow Johnson, Spirit of Kerrville Award 1993

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