D.M. Wilmes is an award winning author born in Josephville, Missouri. He has written two books to date - Gone But Not Forgotten: A Christmas Story, and Seven Days of Hospice: A Memoir. Seven Days of Hospice won Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist, Reader Views Literary Award for Best Memoir/Autobiography, Midwest Independent Publishers Association Book Award Finalist, and USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist.