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Dr. Walter Bonner was a part-time resident of McClellanville, South
Carolina (known to locals simply as “The Village”) during
his youth and was a frequent visitor thereafter. After graduating
from Erskine College, Dr. Bonner attended the Medical University
of South Carolina. He and his family now have a permanent home in
the village that they both love. Read his nostalgic memoir of life
in this tiny shrimping community, Home
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John Copeland was born in 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana. In January 1951 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from pilot training, and was sent to Korea. As an RF-80 "Shooting Star" pilot, he flew 100 combat missions, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air Medals. Following his military service, he became a pilot for Pan American Airlines and retired in 1998 as a Boeing 747 captain. John resides with his wife in California. Read his action-adventure novel about Arab nuclear terrorism in Retribution. |
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Richard N. Côté, a Connecticut native and Vietnam War veteran, studied political science and journalism at Butler University. After serving on the staff of the South Carolina Historical Society, he turned to writing about the nineteenth-century South. In 2004 he was awarded the Bobby Gilmer Moss Award in History by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Read his historical biographies, Mary’s World: Love, War, and Family Ties in Nineteenth-century Charleston; Theodosia Burr Alston: Portrait of a Prodigy; and Strength and Honor: The Life of Dolley Madison, as well as his contemporary novel, The Redneck Riviera. He lives in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. |
Robert Eringer, a shadowy literary figure with close ties to the CIA, was last believed to be living in England. In 1995, the NBC "Today Show" said that "he may be to Monaco what Hemmingway was to Havana." A petition to the U.S. Supreme Court some years ago called Eringer “mysterious” and questioned whether or not he truly exists. As a novelist, Eringer lives in a fantasy world of billionaires, spies and assorted book people. In reality, he keeps the same company. Read his loopy, over-the-top spy novels, Lo Mein, Spookaroonie, and Parallel Truths. |
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Kerry Hallam was born 1937 in Northern England. He graduated with the National Diploma in Painting in 1957. In 1964, he headed for the South of France to take up painting full time. He and his companion and fellow artist, Ruth, worked the restaurants of St. Moritz at night as "Ruth and Kerry," singers/guitarists, earning money to support their painting. In 1981 he made Nantucket his permanent home and opened a studio and gallery there. Read his rollicking memoir of his early career in Getting to Nantucket: An Artist’s Journey. |
Orene Stroud Horton, a Clemson Master Gardener, completed a course at the School of Garden Design of the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in England. She wrote a column for The State newspaper, other South Carolina publications, and for Fine Gardening magazine. At Southern Living magazine, she served as an assistant garden editor and as a contributing editor. She died in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2002. Learn her gardening secrets in Clippings From Orene’s Garden. |
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Skip Johnson, the son of a Methodist minister, is a multiple award-winning newspaper reporter, columnist, and editor. From 1979 until 1992 he wrote for the Charleston, South Carolina News and Courier. In 1992 he resigned his post as Religion Editor to become an independent writer. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Read his richly detailed portrait of the life and teaching of Jesus in The Gospel of Yeshua. |
Dr. N. S. Kutti has been teaching computer science courses for more than two decades. He is now writing textbooks in the United States and abroad. His research interests include real-time systems, operating systems, distributed systems, and programming. He is also the co-author of Data Structures in C++, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Learn from a master programmer in his highly regarded textbook, C and Unix Programming: A Comprehensive Guide. |
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Rose Moore Tomlin received a Master of Social Work from New York University. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Her mother, Rose Moore, majored in English and graduated from Hollins College. Two Seasons spreads before us rich poems by a mother and daughter, elegant in their intertwining and startling in their contrasts. Explore the love of the mother-daughter bond in Two Seasons: Poems by Rose Morgan Moore and Rose Moore Tomlin. |
Dorris Wilcox was born in Dumpling Valley, Tennessee in 1924, and stricken with Guillain Barré Syndrome in 1989, she has returned to an active career in interior design and volunteers as a counselor to victims of tragic medical misfortune. In 1990, Dorris received The Patricia Neal Award for Excellence, presented annually to those patients who have resumed an independent lifestyle after recovering from a debilitating illness. She resides in Tennessee. Read her inspiring advice on recovery from medical disasters in No Time For Tears. |
Dr. Lauren J. Woodhouse, a specialist in teen violence, dedicates her life to helping troubled young people and their families. She earned her doctorate in psychology at the Southern University for Professional Studies. Her roles include those of author, essayist, broadcaster, forensic psychologist, psychotherapist, victim-witness counselor, and trauma specialist. She is frequently called upon to do television analysis related to child and adolescent violence. Read about the roots of teen violence in Shooter in the Sky: A Study of the Inner World of Children Who Kill. |
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