Bill Baynes is a writer, producer and director. He has been a reporter for the Miami Herald and the Associated Press and won awards as a documentary filmmaker for WJXT-TV. He has been active in feature film and video production, magazine publishing, public interest marketing and website development. He has worked with the school systems to create student-driven media campaigns about health-related topics. His young adult novel Bunt! was published by Silverback Sages, New Mexico in 2013. His Christmas novella, Mrs. Spooner’s Special Day, was published in The Long Story in 2017. His post-war novella, The Occupation of Joe, was published by Top Hat Books in late 2018. His middle-grade novel, The Coyote Who Braved Baseball, was released by Thurston Howl Publication in 2020. billbaynes.com