Tex Thompson is…

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  • a ruckus-raising professional speaker, writing instructor, and all-purpose extrovert

  • a licensed and practicing locksmith in Dallas

  • founder and chief instigator of WORD (Writers Organizations ‘Round Dallas)

  • a developmental editor and can-do ‘book doula’

  • author of the Children of the Drought fantasy Western series of novels

  • owner of possibly the last website on the entire Internet without a newsletter pop-up form (though you are certainly welcome to sign up for monthly Tex Messages :) )

  • an egregiously enthusiastic, catastrophically cheerful one-woman stampede!

If that-all sounds mighty improbable, don’t worry - it is. Nevertheless, Tex has previously presented with and for:

  • The University of Glasgow

  • The Writers Path at SMU

  • Red Hat

  • Encompass Health

  • The Writers League of Texas

  • The LOFT Literary Center

  • Writing Workshops Dallas

  • Willamette Writers Conference

  • DFW Writers Conference

  • Harmony Spiritual Center

  • Dallas Makerspace

  • InkersCon

  • Revolution Prep

  • Writers Retreat Workshop

  • North Lake College

  • and MANY more!

…so if you are looking for a little red-hat magic, you are in the right place!

Presenting for the Hawaii Writers in Honolulu, 2019. Hat and lei, together at last!

Presenting for the Hawaii Writers in Honolulu, 2019. Hat and lei, together at last!

Teaching the delicate art of lock bumping at Writers in the Field. Remember: there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’, but there is a ‘me’ in ‘misdemeanor’!

Teaching the delicate art of lock bumping at Writers in the Field. Remember: there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’, but there is a ‘me’ in ‘misdemeanor’!

There were three keynote speakers for GIFcon 2018 at the University of Glasgow. Guess which one accidentally left her shirt button undone : )

There were three keynote speakers for GIFcon 2018 at the University of Glasgow. Guess which one accidentally left her shirt button undone : )

Presenting “The Comma Sutra” at the DFW Writers Conference. Contemporary grammar meets alien erotica!

Presenting “The Comma Sutra” at the DFW Writers Conference. Contemporary grammar meets alien erotica!

BIO

Arianne "Tex" Thompson is a licensed locksmith, egregiously enthusiastic editor, and professional ruckus-raiser. She is the author of  Children of the Drought, an internationally-published epic fantasy Western series from Solaris, as well as an instructor for Writing Workshops Dallas and ‘chief instigator’ of WORD – Writers Organizations ‘Round Dallas. Now she’s blazing a trail through conferences, workshops, and conventions around the country – as an endlessly energetic, catastrophically cheerful one-woman stampede. Find her online at thetexfiles.com and wordwriters.org!

CONTACT

Email: tex at thetexfiles.com
Facebook: texianne
Twitter: @tex_maam

Agent:

Jennie Goloboy
Donald Maass Literary Agency
Email: jgoloboy@maassagency.com