Betty Awbrey is a retired educator from San Antonio, Texas, and has been involved in educating gifted and bilingual children for thirty years. She continues her commitment to educating children through her volunteer work. She updates and expands each new edition of Why Stop? since the death of her father, Claude Dooley, a retired businessman and entrepreneur from Odessa, Texas, who compiled the original in 1978. Stuart Awbrey is retired from USAA and now spends much of his time gardening. He is an avid reader of Texas and American history. Betty and Stuart enjoy traveling and reside near Boerne, Texas.