Anthony Wood

Anthony Wood grew up in historic Natchez, Mississippi, fueling a life-long love of history. He lived and worked in Alaska for several years, but returned to the South to minister nearly three decades among the poor, homeless, and incarcerated, inspiring him to co-author Up Close and Personal: Embracing the Poor.

Anthony is a member of Turner’s Battery re-enactment living history group, the Civil War Round Table of Arkansas, and serves as President of White County Creative Writers. He is the Managing Editor for the award-winning western magazine, Saddlebag Dispatches.

Anthony’s writing has won a number of awards, including a Will Rogers Copper Medallion Award for his short story, Not So Long in the Tooth, in 2021. A number of his works have been published in Saddlebag Dispatches, The Vault of Terror, The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry, Writer’s Monthly, and several anthologies. Anthony was inducted into the Arkansas Writer’s Hall of Fame in 2024.

In The Name Tree, released in September, 2024, Anthony shares his journey through the thin veil to find his deceased daughter who took her own life to help save her, and himself in the process. Red Sky Storm, the seventh novel in Anthony’s historical fiction series was released December, 2024. The series, A Tale of Two Colors, is the saga of Lummy Tullos’s journey through the troublesome Civil War era in search of peace.

Anthony enjoys roaming and researching historical sites, camping and kayaking on the Mississippi River, and being with family. Anthony and his wife, Lisa, live in Conway, Arkansas. You can find Anthony at anthonywoodauthor.com, Facebook, or Instagram or contact him at awoodxulon@yahoo.com.

BOOKS BY ANTHONY WOOD

WHITE & BLACK
Lummy Tullos must leave his home in search of his lifelong love, Susannah, a young slave woman taken by a gambler. He has no choice but to follow. Lummy finds Susannah and they marry, but with the Civil War raging, Lummy will be taken away this time. Will he survive the war and get back to Susannah for the only life he’s always wanted? Order from Amazon.

GRAY & BLUE
Joining the Confederate Army, Lummy Tullos leaves behind the only life he ever wanted. As he endures horrific assaults, starvation, and great personal loss during the Siege of Vicksburg, it is his comrades—gray and blue— who offer hope as he questions his oath. When the city falls, he comes to realize that the greatest surrender will be within.  Order from Amazon.

PEACE BEFORE THE SECOND STORM
Vicksburg has fallen and the war is over for Lummy Tullos. Leaving the army for home, Lummy learns the brutal truth about Susannah’s death and deals decisively with the outlaws responsible for years of mayhem and death. It’s not the homecoming he wanted, but it launches Lummy on a path to honor his new oath and find redemption as well. Order from Amazon.

THE STORM THAT CARRIES ME HOME
Lummy Tullos took an oath to fight for home and family under the Rebel flag. That oath lost meaning at Vicksburg’s surrender. Honoring a new commitment, Lummy wants to help end the war and return the twentieth star for Mississippi to the flag of his ancestors. He must switch sides to do it. He just didn’t know it would bring the war to his own hometown. Order from Amazon

THE FIRE THAT CALMS THE STORM
The war is over. Lummy Tullos returns home to the farm to live the life he’s always wanted—family, farm, and peace. But tensions erupt between those who want to put the war behind them and those who want to keep the Confederacy alive. It’s only a matter of time before the storm breaks, and when it does, Lummy finds himself directly in its path. Order from Amazon

STORM OF TERROR
Lummy’s story isn’t finished. A call to arms by none other than President Grant himself, forces him to help defeat the notorious West-Kimbrell Gang. Lummy will have to leave his home. He’ll go back to Winn Parish one more time.
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RED SKY STORM
Lummy Tullos thought he could leave the shadows of war behind and find peace on his Choctaw County farm. But the past has other ideas. As he battles his inner demons, his closest friend, Rainy Mills, is drawn into a deadly new conflict—a war he never wanted against the ruthless Tom Kimbrell, hellbent on vengeance and destruction. Order from Amazon

RIVER STORM
Ten year old Lummy Tullos wants to know the stories of his ancestors. When his Uncle Silas visits the Tullos farm, he shares the tales beginning with his own story—a stirring saga set in the Mississippi Territory with frontier hero Sam Dale that chronicles the events leading up to and including The Battle of New Orleans. Honor, sacrifice, and family roots establish a legacy that will echo through generations. Order from Amazon

THE NAME TREE  Naomi was gone. Her death, sudden and unexpected, shattered those who loved her. No one could understand why. A year into grieving, Naomi’s father faces a hard truth-he had a role in her passing. In his heart, he knows Naomi wasn’t of this world. She didn’t know her true identity, and he failed to guide her. This is a war for Naomi’s soul, but will her father have the strength to see it through? BUY ON AMAZON