Excerpts From Books

gardening
A Southern Woman's Guide to Herbs
A guide to growing and using herbs.
biography
The Greatest Champion That Never Was
The story of W.L. Young Stribling, prizefighter in the 1920s, who lived fast and died tragically young at the age of 28.
Fiction
Mockingbird in the Moonlight
Southern murder mystery
Distant Hearts
Concurrent stories, one in the past and one in present day, of loss and recovery,plus a 150 year old murder mystery.
Biography
Bestest: The Life of Peyton Tooke Anderson, Jr.
The story of a Georgia philanthropist
A Very Special Gift
The Story of the Legacy of Emily Fisher Crum and Remer Hamilton Crum
True Crime
The Empty Nursery
The Disappearance of Haley Hardwick
Whisper to the Black Candle
Voodoo, Murder and the Case of Anjette Lyles
Inspirational
From the Heart
Stories of Love and Friendship

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Awards and Honors


2011 - The Greatest Champion That Never Was - One of Publishers Weekly's Top Sports Books of Fall 2011

2007 Best Local Writer - Macon Telegraph

2004 Georgia Author of the Year Nominee in Biography for Bestest

Mercer University Press Top Ten Bestseller for 2003

2001 Georgia Author of the Year Winner in Creative Non-Fiction/​History Category for The Empty Nursery

Mercer University Press Top Ten Bestseller for 2001

1999 Georgia Author of the Year Nominee in Creative Non-Fiction/​History Category for Whisper to the Black Candle

Baker & Taylor's Top 10 Bestsellers from University Presses - 1999

Ingram's Top 50 True Crime/​Non-Fiction Titles - 1999

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