X.M. has specialized in entertainment and sports law since the early seventies. He has co-authored with his sons five books about football set in his home state of Mississippi, including Gridiron Gold and Y'all Vs. Us. He and his wife Judy live in Jackson, Mississippi. Nine-time suspense novelist and co-author Joe Lee has a background in radio, television, and journalism and has over 1,000 news and feature stories for several Mississippi newspapers and magazines to his credit. The Saints of St. Mary's marks his first book-length work of non-fiction. He and his wife Leslie live in Brandon, Mississippi.