Literary Arts

Creative writers, editorial writers, poets, and lyricists use their literary skills to create various types of literature.
T. Lynn Ocean | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Living in Myrtle Beach, T. Lynn Ocean is the author of Southern fiction and writes for major newspapers and other publications, including her local paper The Sun News. She has also published novels...
Cassandra King | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Cassandra King is a best-selling novelist whose fiction has won the hearts of readers everywhere, especially in the American South. A native of Alabama, she now lives in the Lowcountry of S.C., where...
Frances Strong | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Frances D. Strong lives with her husband on her parent’s farm in Sumter, South Carolina. Earning a degree in elementary education with a minor in arts from Columbia College, she did not find that her...
Tamar Myers | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Of Amish background, Tamar Myers now lives in our state and is the author of several Pennsylvania Dutch mysteries, including Custard’s Last Stand, The Hand that Rocks the Ladle, Between a Wok and Hard...
Nancy Rhyne | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Nancy Rhyne resides in the capital city of South Carolina, after spending most of her adult life in the Lowcountry of our state. She began writing as a way to overcome a horrible experience she had in...
Kathryn Wall | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Kathryn Wall wrote her first story at the age of six and then decided to take a few decades off! After growing up in a small town in northeastern Ohio and attending college in both Ohio and...
Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born in Ridge Spring and living most of her life in the Aiken area, Idella Bodie, who holds a degree in English from Columbia College, has been writing for young readers for more than thirty years...