Record #:

42868

Author(s):

Lacy, Bridgette A.

Abstract:

Etal Rum is the New York Times best selling author of "A Woman Is no Man", the story of three generations of women living in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. A former Nash Community College professor, she is owner of Books and Beans, a popular spot in the now trendy Rocky Mount Mills mixed use development. A second novel is planned for release in 2022.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 53 Issue 4, April 2021, p30

Subject(s):

Authors, North Carolina--Women; Rocky Mount--People

Record #:

32240

Author(s):

Walser, Richard

Abstract:

Walser gives a profile of Author and Northampton resident Bernice Kelly Harris. Originally from Raleigh, Harris moved to Seaboard, NC to teach English and has authored seven novels and numerous plays.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 13, Nov 1958, p15, por

Subject(s):

Seaboard--Description and travel; Northampton County--Description and travel; Harris, Bernice Kelly, 1891-1973; Playwrights--North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina--Women

Record #:

18529

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Frances Christine Tiernan (nee Fisher) of Salisbury wrote under the pseudonym Christian Reid. She was a prolific writer of short stories, serialized novelettes, and 46 published books during the 19th- and early 20th-century. Her most remembered book is The Land of Sky, which became a descriptive name for western North Carolina. She died of pneumonia and is buried in Salisbury.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 47, Apr 1942, p3, 20

Subject(s):

Tiernan, Frances Christine Fisher (Christian Reid), 1846-1920; Authors, North Carolina--Women

Record #:

23635

Author(s):

Milling, Marla Hardee

Abstract:

Author Jan Karon, of the 'Mitford' novel series, helped to bring Blowing Rock into the national spotlight with her tales based in a fictional town on the popular travel attraction.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 1 Issue 5, November/December 2007, p72-75, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blowing Rock; Authors, North Carolina--Women

Record #:

40417

Author(s):

McCorkle, Jill

Abstract:

McCorkle’s return to Holden Beach suggested much has changed in the fifty year old island town. In recalling landmarks such as the Surfside Pavilion, a rustic swing bridge, and VanWerry Grocery Store, she proved the town is also the same: in memory.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 87 Issue 1, June 2019, p156-160 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Holden Beach (Brunswick County); McCorkle, Jill, 1958-; Authors, North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina--Women; Writers, North Carolina; Writers--North Carolina, Eastern; Long Beach--Civil War--shipwrecks; Hurricane Hazel, 1954; Oak Island; Oak Island--families--Luther Holden ; Holden Beach--families--Luther Holden