On the morning of Thursday, September 24, award-winning sci-fi/fantasy author Lyndsey Lewellen set out across Texas to attend the Word Wrangler Book Festival. She was scheduled to give presentations about writing to inspire students at a middle school that afternoon.

She never arrived.

For hours, her husband, John, her friends, and event organizers could not contact or locate Lyndsey. They searched desperately until John finally received a call from a hospital that evening.

Lyndsey had been T-boned on her driver's side at highway speed. She was airlifted by helicopter, having suffered a brain bleed, a broken jaw, broken ankle, and multiple other injuries. She was intubated and sedated, arriving at the hospital in critical condition.

John and Lyndsey have five children and run a farm in McKinney, Texas. Donations will help with medical care, air transport, rehabilitation, and family expenses during her recovery.

Lyndsey's newest book, KARABOS, is also being published on October 13. The terrible timing of the accident may prevent her from doing work needed to support its launch, affecting the family's income.

The organizer of this page is John's sister, Sarah. Thank you for considering a donation or sharing this page.