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Literary Tour of South Carolina

Students meet nationally recognized authors who call South Carolina home.

Grades 3-12

In this series produced by South Carolina Department of Education and ETV, students 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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Nancy Rhyne | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Nancy Rhyne | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Nancy Rhyne resides in the capital city of South Carolina, after spending most of her adult life in the Lowcountry of our state. She began writing as a way to overcome a horrible experience she had in...
Tamar Myers | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Tamar Myers | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Of Amish background, Tamar Myers now lives in our state and is the author of several Pennsylvania Dutch mysteries, including Custard’s Last Stand, The Hand that Rocks the Ladle, Between a Wok and Hard...
Orville Vernon Burton | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Orville Vernon Burton | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
A non-fiction writer who has also taught at Clemson University near his home, Vernon Burton has won a number of national and teaching awards. He is the author of more than a hundred articles and the...
Lois Battle | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Lois Battle | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Kwame Dawes | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Kathryn Wall | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Kathryn Wall | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Kate Salley Palmer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Kate Salley Palmer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Literary Tour of SC - Teacher Resources Anthony Varallo | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Anthony Varallo | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Kate Salley Palmer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Karen Petit | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Karen Petit | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Literary Tour of SC - Teacher Resources Ben Greer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Ben Greer | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Kwame Dawes | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Kwame Dawes | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Frances Strong | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Dori Sanders | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Dori Sanders | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Dinah Johnson | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Dinah Johnson | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
C. Hope Clark | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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C. Hope Clark | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...
Kwame Dawes | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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...