wyoming writers, Inc.

Melissa Cook, President

Melissa Cook grew up in Detroit and Tucson before moving to Wyoming to marry Elgin Cook. Together they raised three boys in bush Alaska while working as teachers and school district administrators. Today, Melissa is an extension educator for the University of Wyoming.

Melissa’s best-selling memoir “The Call of the Last Frontier” won the Western Horizon Award in 2022 and was the High Plains Books Award finalist in 2022. “Wyoming Jeepers Trail Guide” is her latest publication (2024).

In her spare time, Melissa volunteers for the local fire department, maintains her EMT certification, and creates videos for her Wyoming Jeepers YouTube channel.

Edith Cook, Vice-President

Miss Edith publishes opinion for the online Cheyenne Post. Her most recent is on fentanyl, “The F-Drug.” In addition, her work has appeared in several anthologies and many literary magazines.  

Miss Edith worked as translator before immigrating and marrying in California. She taught writing and literature at a number of colleges and universities, including at Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) in Nashville, TN. In Wyoming, she received the Wyoming Arts Council’s Frank D. Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award.  Visit her at www.edithcook.com, where she uses her nom de plume, Miss Edith at Windy Acres.