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 three decades among the poor, homeless, and incarcerated, inspiring him to co-author Up Close and Personal: Embracing the Poor, numerous ministry articles, and two short books, Your Seeking Soul Set Free, and Spirituality 101. He preaches once a month for a small church in Arkansas.
Anthony’s writing has won a number of awards, including a Will Rogers Medallion Award for his short story, “Not So Long in the Tooth,” published in Saddlebag Dispatches 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, Rough Country, Tales of the Western Trail, and several other anthologies.
Anthony became a member of Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame in 2024.
Anthony holds a Doctor of Ministry in Mentoring from Harding School of Theology and is a member of White County Creative Writers. He’s a member of Turner’s Battery living history group and the Civil War Roundtable of Central Arkansas.
Anthony serves as an Associate Editor for the award winning Saddlebag Dispatches magazine and also as EVP and Development Editor for Roan & Weatherford Publishing Associates.
River Storm, the eighth novel in Anthony’s twelve book historical fiction series, A Tale of Two Colors, was released in May 2025. The series follows Anthony’s ancestor, Lummy Tullos, as he navigates life during the troublesome Civil War era in search of peace. Four prequels about his ancestors migrating from Scotland to the Mississippi Territory by way of Virginia will complete the series.
In The Name Tree, Anthony shares the story about his daughter who took her life and their journey to find understanding, forgiveness, and redemption.
While doing research for Volumes 9-12 of his historical fiction series, A Tale of Two Colors, Anthony has been writing The Atlanta Chronicles, a western series centered around a female lead character—Marion Tullos—a lady reward hunter, whom you meet in volume 7, Red Sky Storm.
Land of the Blind, the first in the series was released in May 2026. Path of a Clear Eye will be released in November 2026 with two, likely three more to follow.
Anthony is also in the throes of researching two nonfiction accounts of two Civil War regiments his ancestors served with, plotting three murder mystery novels involving his ministry in the inner city, and writing more short stories.
Anthony enjoys historical research and roaming historical sites, doing living history, nature photography, camping and kayaking, especially on the Mississippi River, and being with family. Anthony and his wife, Lisa, live in Conway, Arkansas. For Anthony, his three grandchildren—Norah, Scottie, and Rhett—now rule the world.