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Elizabeth Ann Lawless

Elizabeth Ann Lawless was born in Dallas, Texas in 1961 to parents Coach James Port Lawless of Birmingham, AL and Shirley Elizabeth Gustus Lawless of Fort Gibson, OK. She graduated from W.W. Samuell High School (Dallas Public Schools), received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Speech from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1983 and her Masters of Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University in 1988. She is the author of "Creative Monster" (1989), "Firing Up Both Brains: Teaching Youth Left and Right Brain Thinking" (2005) and Western Legends: Yesterday & Today...African Americans 1798 to 2009" (2009). She is the chief creator of Liz Lawless Creations, Inc. and created four brands in 2008: Crea Brain Monster, Wild West Diversity, The Bible Lady and Creative Cowgirl, which she is developing with product development partner Grapevine Star Entertainment.  Lawless also leads a team of Living History Storytellers who teach the multicultural contributions to the settling of the American West.