Literary Tour of South Carolina

Grades 3-12

In this series produced by South Carolina Department of Education and ETV, students will meet nationally recognized authors who call South Carolina home. As they learn about the writing process, students will hear what the authors have to say about making characters come alive on the page, learn how they create the plot for their stories and keep track of the action, and find out how important research is to any story, both fiction and non-fiction. (From our Streamline collection)

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Anthony Varallo | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Anthony Varallo | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Anthony Varallo lives in Charleston and, since 2005, has been teaching at the College of Charleston. In 2008 he won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for Out Loud. He is the author of three collections...
Ben Greer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Ben Greer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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A native of Spartanburg, Ben Greer graduated from the University of South Carolina and received his M.A. in Creative Writing from Hollins University. His first book of fiction, Slammer, was published...
C. Hope Clark | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
C. Hope Clark | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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C. Hope Clark lives in Chapin, S.C. Hope has one Oepington and one Dominiquer Hen as her pets and is the managing editor for fundsforwriters.com. She is a mystery writer and discusses techniques she...
Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born in Sumter, Carla Damron now lives just outside Columbia. She draws on her experiences as a Southerner and a social worker with over twenty years in the mental health system, where she says, her...
Cassandra King | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Dinah Johnson | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Dinah Johnson | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born in Charleston, Dinah Johnson is a graduate of Spring Valley High School in Columbia, went to college at Princeton University, and earned a Ph.D. from Yale University. Now a resident of Columbia...
Dori Sanders | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Dori Sanders | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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This program features Dori Sanders. A native of Gilbert, S.C., a tiny community in York County, her family operates one of the oldest African American farms in the region. Her father, a former...
Dorothea Benton Frank | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Dorothea Benton Frank | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born and raised on Sullivan’s Island, Dorothea Benton Frank is the New York Times best-selling author of Bulls Island, published in 2008, and many other works that use South Carolina as a backdrop...
Emily Smith Pearce | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Emily Smith Pearce | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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In her interview, Emily Smith Pearce discusses the importance of having an outline, sharing your writing with others, and fitting writing into your daily life. She says that she often thought about...
Fran Rizer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Fran Rizer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born and raised in South Carolina, Ms. Rizer taught school for twenty-five years and raised two sons. Her first Callie Parrish book was written after she retired from teaching. Book number six was...
Frances Strong | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Jack Bass has authored or co-authored seven nonfiction books about the American South. His works focus on Southern politics, race relations and the role of law in shaping the civil rights era. With a...
Jonathan Miller | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Jonathan Miller | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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A novelist, illustrator and publisher, Jonathan Miller grew up in Clover and graduated from Clover High School before making his home in Charleston, where he attended college. Mr. Miller is the author...
Josephine Humphreys | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Josephine Humphreys | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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A native of Charleston, which is also the setting of her novels, Rich in Love and The Fireman’s Fair, Josephine Humphreys was educated at Ashley Hall and studied creative writing at Duke University...
Joyce Hansen | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Joyce Hansen | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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A former public school teacher in New York City, Joyce Hansen writes contemporary novels, as well as historical fiction, exploring the African American experience. The Gift Giver was her first...
Karen Petit | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Karen Petit | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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This program features Karen Petit who is the author of Shandon’s Ivy League Mystery Series for children. In 2008, she published her first book for adults. A Paw on My Heart tells the author’s true...
Karin Gillespie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Karin Gillespie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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A former lifestyle columnist for the Augusta Chronicle, Karin Gillespie is a national best-selling author whose three novels in the Bottom Dollar Girl series have all been selected for the Literary...
Kate Salley Palmer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Kate Salley Palmer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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This program features Kate Salley Palmer. A native of Orangeburg, she started her career while at USC as the cartoonist for The Gamecock. Her cartoon strip, "Terrible Tom and the Boys", caricatured...
Kathryn Wall | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Kwame Dawes | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Kwame Dawes | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born in Ghana in 1962, Kwame Dawes grew up and spent his early adult life in Jamaica. Dawes is a Distinguished Poet-In-Residence, Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts, and Founder/Executive...

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