Record #:

38286

Author(s):

Eckenrode, Vicky

Abstract:

Miller Pope lived life and art through the same philosophy: success happens by luck and snap decision making. Proof of his success included producing illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post, co-founding the New Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, and shifting career gears from artist to author through publishing a crime novel and autobiography.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 8, Jan 2011, p46-48, 50-52 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pope, Miller, 1929-2016; Illustrators, North Carolina; Authors, American; South Brunswick Island Chamber of Commerce; The Winds Resort Beach Club (Ocean Isle Beach); Artists; Artists--North Carolina, Eastern ; Shallotte; Brunswick County--Description and travel

Record #:

7683

Author(s):

McKinney, Don

Abstract:

Michael Malone is one of the state's most prolific and best-selling authors. The Durham native and Hillsborough resident has produced eleven novels, a collection of short stories, and two nonfiction books. One of his short stories received the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He was formerly the head writer for the TV daytime serial ONE LIFE TO LIVE.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 10, Mar 2006, p30-31, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Authors, American; Malone, Michael, 1956-

Record #:

2419

Author(s):

Sasser, Bill

Abstract:

During the late 1940s to mid-1950s, Beat generation author Jack Kerouac spent time writing and creating on visits with his sister and her husband, Caroline and Paul Blake, in Big Easonburg Woods, a small crossroads outside Rocky Mount.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 30, July 1995, p16-18, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969; Beat generation; Authors, American

Record #:

5947

Author(s):

Raynor, Jerry

Abstract:

Novelist Ovid Williams Pierce, faculty member in the English Department at East Carolina University, is featured in this month's NEW EAST profile.

Source:

New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 2 Issue 2, June/July 1974, p10, 31, por

Subject(s):

Authors, American; Pierce, Ovid Williams Jr., 1910-1989

Record #:

19101

Author(s):

Jernigan, D.A.

Abstract:

Jernigan, uncle of Marion Hargrove from Mt. Olive, Wayne County, whose book, See Here, Private Hargrove, has had such terrific sales throughout the country, gives some information about the author's early life in North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 7, July 1943, p7

Subject(s):

Authors, American; Hargrove, Marion, 1919-2003