Kelly Bennett and Ronnie Davidson met while enrolled in a children's writing class at Tulsa Community College, in Tulsa, OK. During one class session they dreamed up the same book idea at the same time — a scratch-n-sniff cookbook — and the writing team of Jill Max was born.

The name, “Jill Max” is a combination of Ronnie's daughter's name “Jill” and Kelly's son's name “Max.”

During their 20+ years of collaborating, their work has appeared in more than 50 magazines and newspapers, they have co-authored 5 picture books, a Cambodian survivor story for young adults, and compiled 2 collections of Native American Legends. Though the “Jill Max” team has been separated geographically they continue to collaborate on projects.