Meet?Duayne Whitehurst and Lucille Mayton, a husband and wife team who have adopted the pen name of?ddwlem. ?Their friends know them?as Duayne and Sandy. They?are the authors of The Izzy Story, which is?about a group of scientists from a distant planet, Authair, who must find a safe place to do their genetic research to cure a virus that has become a pandemic plague on their world.

Ddwlem had been talking about IZ for long time. In 2009, they decided it was time to stop talking and start putting the fun of this adventure into written form. With Duayne’s interest in astronomy and years as an organic chemist; Sandy’s curiosity about cultures and years as an educator, the two set out to use their symbiotic creativity in this daunting task. Years later, after research home and abroad, and trash cans full of re-edits, BOOK 1 ENCOUNTERS was published in February of 2015. In August of 2015 it won a FAPA, Florida Authors and Publisher’s Award. Now characters’ actions are flying from the keyboard as they complete book two CREATION.