Beverly Crider is a freelance writer with a background in media relations and web design. She is an Alabama native and proud graduate of the University of Alabama. Beverly currently travels the back roads and forgotten haunts of the state in search of material for her blog Strange Alabama" on al.com. Tim Hollis has been in the writing and editing business for most of his professional life and has authored more than 13 books. He has published See Rock City and most recently, Pizitz: Your Store with The History Press. Tim is Birmingham's resident nostalgia historian."