The Apostle to the Opelousas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512326062)

Randy Willis is an American novelist, biographer, and music publisher. He is the author of Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, Beckoning Candle, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, and many magazine and newspaper articles. Randy Willis...novels about adventure, family, faith, and the character of a man that touched generations.... Coming soon: A series of Children's Storybooks beginning with Ole Sally Swims the Mighty Mississippi. Twice a Slave has also been adapted into a dramatic play (vimeo.com/99360694) and (https: //youtu.be/8hMLYDQglkc) at Louisiana College, by Dr. D. "Pete" Richardson (Associate Professor of Theater with Louisiana College). Randy Willis owns Randy Willis Music Publishing (an ASCAP-affiliated music publishing company), and Town Lake Music Publishing, LLC (a BMI-affiliated music publishing company). He is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter. He is the founder of Operation Warm Heart (vimeo.com/41195752) and (https: //youtu.be/o-zCvzH2kdU) which feeds and clothes the homeless, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Our Mission Possible (ourmp.org) in Austin, with the goal of empowering at-risk teens to discover their greatness . He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Willis Institute at Louisiana College. He was born in Oakdale, Louisiana. He lived on Barber Creek, between Forest Hill and Longleaf, Louisiana, as a boy. He currently resides in the Texas Hill Country. He graduated from Angleton High School in Angleton, Texas, and Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, with a BBA. He was a graduate student at Texas State University for six years. He is single and the father of three sons and has four grandchildren. All of his books are dedicated to them by name. Randy Willis is the fourth great-grandson of Joseph Willis, and his foremost historian. *** Website: http: //threewindsblowing.com E-mail: randywillis@twc.com