An historical fiction, or a fictional history -- you decide which -- intended to be read aloud, Surprise, Texas is a story about how we sometimes must become what we pretend to be.
A poet, songwriter, singer, and playwright whose particular interest is the history and peoples of the Great Plains, Andy Wilkinson has recorded twelve albums of original music and has written six plays. His work has received several honors, among them the New Folk Award of the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Texas Historical Foundation's John Ben Shepperd Jr. Craftsmanship Award, and five National Western Heritage "Wrangler" Awards in four different categories. He is Artist in Residence at the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University, where he also teaches songwriting in the School of Music and creative process in the Honors College.
