In this first group of twelve authors who make up the ETV Teacher Recertification course A Literary Tour of SC, Series I, we learn from a diverse set of writers with varied backgrounds, education and stories to share. This professional development series is a master-teacher series where educators can learn first-hand about writing from some of the best writers and then share this information with students.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Lois Battle comes to us from Beaufort, S.C., a beautiful coastal town. She shared the importance of learning from your prior writing, reading others work and integrating the five senses into the story...
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This program features Marjory Wentworth. Her poems have appeared in numerous books, magazines and anthologies. She is the author of a collection of poems entitled Noticing Eden. Her most recent book...