Donna Bryson is a Denver-based author and freelance journalist who also has lived in and reported from South Africa, India, Egypt and the UK. Her new book, Home of the Brave, explores the challenges a small Colorado town overcame when the community decided to be a more welcoming place for military veterans. Her previous book, It’s a Black White Thing, portrays race relations among young South Africans and won first place in the non-fiction book category of the National Federation of Press Women’s 2015 Communications Contest.