STUART JAMES Well known in Chattanooga and Hamilton County as an attorney and a writer, Stuart James carries a name linked to the history of the region.  His great grandfather,  C.E. James, founded the Town of Signal Mountain and the James Building on Broad Street in the city bears his name. But Stuart and his five brothers and one sister were born in Daytona Beach, FL.  He returned to Chattanooga to practice law and now lives a block from a memorial plaque to his ancestor paying tribute on Signal Mountain to C.E. James, Masterbuilder. After his wife Vickie and daughter Hadley, Stuart loves politics and the efforts it takes to put forth a candidate or an issue.  His columns may stray but not very far from the political scene with his keen insight into developing programs.  He put his ideals to work in 2000 when he ran for the Tennessee House of Representatives.  Stuart lost the election but won the experience. Managing partner of the firm of Goins, Carpenter and James, Stuart plies the legal trade with a license to practice law in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.  As part of a 24-hour day he is writing and active in political campaigns.

STUART JAMES stuart@ipsfeatures.com

 

JOHN SHEARER John Shearer is a veteran journalist who had nearly 15 years of experience as a news reporter and feature writer for the Chattanooga Free Press before embarking on a freelance writing career in 1999. Since then, he has written two books related to the history of Chattanooga, has contributed articles to several regional magazines and has become a regular freelance contributor to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was born and reared in Chattanooga and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1983.

JOHN SHEARER

 

MIKE MAHN Mike Mahn is an artful writer who brings a straightforward writing style that reflects an analysis considered traditional or conservative, reflecting life experiences developed outside the sphere of writing. His literary career began when he started and edited a school newspaper in the 7th grade.  He was a sports editor in high school. Following two voluntary tours in Vietnam during the height of that conflict ('67-'69), Sergeant Mahn resumed his college education and penned columns for The Echo at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, then attended the Tennessee College of Law, where he earned a doctorate of jurisprudence (J.D.) and was a frequent contributor to a law school publication, with features on the then-current impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon. Mike gave 18 years service to Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Tennessee, holding the positions of County Administrator (three years) and County Attorney (12 years), then entered private practice. His Courthouse years gave him firsthand experience in politics and sharpened administrative, legal, and writing skills. He now offers counsel to over 20 public entities across Tennessee. Mike is married and has raised three children with his wife, Elaine, a public school educator.

MIKE MAHN mike@ipsfeatures.com

NAMAN CROWE naman@ipsfeatures.com

NAMAN CROWE   Naman Crowe, by his own admission, is the most unforgettable character that he’s ever met and the greatest writer that he’s had personal dealings with. He says he came up through the ranks of the poor through hard work.  "I was born working and I worked my way up by hard work. I’m still poor and I ain’t ever got nowhere yet but I got there by hard work,” he said.  "I’ve been chiseling out my soul since as far back as I can remember and I don’t know if I’ll ever get finished. There’s always some person or group or segment of society wanting me to give it a rest. But this I cannot do. "My life is my occupation. And writing about life, as I experience it and feel it and know it and see it through my own eyes, is my life."  Naman is a journeyman newspaper reporter currently working on The Great American Novel.

TRACEY HENRY Exalting everyday ridiculousness, Tracey Henry, a.k.a. “Suburban Diva” looks at the world from the lighter side of the picket fence. As the wife of a National Hockey League executive, mother of four, and purveyor of pop culture knowledge; her columns are often quirky, touching, humorous, or an entertaining combination of all. Her published works include the syndicated column, “Suburban Diva,” the recently released book, “Suburban Diva: From the Real Side of the Picket,” “Cup of Comfort for Expectant Mothers,” and even a coffee can.

TRACEY HENRY tracey@ipsfeatures.com

MARSHA ROGERS marsha@ipsfeaures.com   JERRE HASKEW A man who can wear different hats with ease, Jerre Haskew excels in many fields.  He is well known as a songwriter and for his nationally known group, The Cumberland Trio. His insight into sports has been available for years on his Sports Talk radio show.  Now this walking encyclopedia of sports information comes to the reading public with his column in IPS Features.  And he will likely stray into other fields with strong opinions.

MARSHA ROGERS Most of Marsha Rogers' 21-year teaching career in rural Nevada was spent teaching students how to write a coherent sentence while she herself was writing and publishing her own works.   A graduate of California State University, Fresno, she began teaching in Hawthorne, Nevada, then moved to Wisconsin to teach educators how to use the technology in their classrooms and finally to Minneapolis where, after a slip-and-fall accident, she had to leave teaching and took a job working in insurance claims.   After partial recovery she began writing again and is currently working on a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing at Hamline University in St. Paul." JERRE HASKEW jerre@ipsfeatures.com

RONALD G. CROWE ron@ipsfeatures.com

RONALD G. CROWE Now living  in Monticello, FL, Ron Crowe worked as a technical writer for Sperry-Utah, Boeing (Seattle), and Battelle (WA), and lastly and as an editor for the University of Alaska's Institute of Social and Economic Research.   He earned a B.A., journalism/English, University of Alabama; and a Master of Fine Arts in English, University of Alaska. His poems have appeared in numerous poetry and other publications including The Paris Review, The New York Quarterly, The 1981 and 1985 Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry (Monitor Books), The Heyday of His Eyes Anthology, 2005, and the Copperfield Review, 2006. He won the University of Alaska's McCracken Award for Poetry in both 1974 and 1976.  In 1978, he won the New York Quarterly's Issue 21 Lucille Medwick Award (judged by Robert Penn Warren). Three poems were finalists in the 2006 Penumbra poetry contest. Won the Toastmaster's Statewide Humorous Speech Contest for Alaska in 1989. Articles have appeared in the Writers' Digest, Standards Engineering, The Alaska Magazine, and the 2006 Secular Humanist Bulletin, summer edition

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