Author Robert Hicks has compiled an anthology of short stories by country songwriters, titled A Guitar and a Pen: Stories
by Country Music's Greatest Songwriters, which will be released on May 14. Hicks is the author of the New York Times
bestseller, The Widow of the South, and he also contributes a story to the book. He lives in the Nashville area. Writers
featured in the collection include Charlie Daniels, Tom T. Hall, Hal Ketchum, Kris Kristofferson, Bob McDill and Hazel Smith,
among many others. Vince Gill wrote the book's foreword.




