Phyllis Eickelberg and Doris Minard are native Oregonians who have known each other since first grade. Eickelberg is a former teacher and a columnist for the Rapid City Journal; a ...view morePhyllis Eickelberg and Doris Minard are native Oregonians who have known each other since first grade. Eickelberg is a former teacher and a columnist for the Rapid City Journal; a line editor for a Spokane, Washington, magazine; and a newsroom staff member for the Corvallis Gazette Times. She and her husband, Jim, live in Corvallis. Minard is a retired educator and former principal. She is also a mental health advocate who began writing mysteries in grade school. She and her husband, Eugene, live in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.view less