Hillyer Ives has contributed to Home Is a Long Long Way as an author.Ives (a psuedonym for James Estes) has a Master's degree in Education and taught high school band for several years. He later retired as an editor of an electric company magazine having traveled all over West Texas for 33 years. He is an avid explorer a spelunker a mountain climber backpacker and is currently employed during summers as a National Park ranger in Utah.