Alice Nicholas is a football enthusiast, devoted wife and mother.  She attributes to her father and husband her initial interest in football, but credits her three sons for giving her the desire to learn the fundamentals of the game and its language and to write a simple book that a novice can understand and enjoy.

Ms. Nicholas is a member of USA Football, the Mississippi Writer's Guild, the National Association of Women Writers, the Independent Book Publishers Association (PMA) and founder of Pecan Row Press.  She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Mississippi College and has explored and been successful in many aspects of her career, including writing manuals for small business, government and education.  She and her husband reside on their family farm outside of Jackson, Mississippi.