Dr. Marjorie Herrera Lewis
Award-Winning Sportswriter, Novelist, Professor & Former College Football Coach
Free Entertainment Speaker in Dallas-Fort Worth
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When the Men Were Gone
TOPIC CATEGORY: Entertainment
Marjorie's debut novel titled, "When the Men Were Gone" is based on the true story of Tylene Wilson, a woman who coached football in Brownwood, Texas, during World War II. The novel is historical fiction and has a deep backstory of war and sacrifice. Marjorie connects her life experience as a Dallas Cowboys beat writer with that of Tylene, who had a wonderful shared love of football and baseball with her father, just as Marjorie had. MORE >
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Breaking the Huddle: A First-Hand Account of a Woman on the Dallas Cowboys Beat
TOPIC CATEGORY: Entertainment
Marjorie tells stories of her experience as a Dallas Cowboys beat reporter, and what it was like as the first woman from any news entity to be assigned to cover the Cowboys beat during Tom Landry's last few years and the early years of Jerry and Jimmy.