Thomas Wolf & Patricia Bryan, Authors of The Plea: The True Story of Young Wesley Elkins and his Struggle for Redemption. The Plea is about the 1889 murder of a  Clayton County, Iowa farmer and his young wife. Shortly after the murders, their son, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, was arrested and charged with the crime.

Wolf & Bryan are also the authors of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland.