Author Meet & Greet

The name of my book is "My Journey, My Path, My Passion. It is a true story about some of my personal life experiences doing a very difficult time in my life. You can find it online or at your local Statesboro Library for checkout!

https://www.facebook.com/janicecasewriter/

Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward has been writing and telling stories for as long as she can remember. She lives in Georgia with her husband and dog. Her hobbies include daydreaming about dragons, watching baseball, and drinking copious amounts of hot chocolate. A former teacher and library assistant, Sarah writes stories for both children and adults. Her debut middle grade novel, Victory Gallop, is out now.

https://sarahwardbooks.wixsite.com/sarah-ward

Tracy Henry
I am a retired elementary school educator. In 2017 I was Teacher of the Year. As a child my dream was to publish a book. In 2019 my dream came true - I published my first book called, The Little Girl Who Survived the Great Depression. My second book, Captured, is coming out soon. In my free time I enjoy spending my time with my three children, seven grandchildren, and our dog Phoebe.  

Ileene Harden is a proud member of the GSU nation and a low country resident. She is the first member of her family to be born on continental United States soil, with her family hailing from the Taino people of Puerto Rico. She is a Christian, a wife, a mother, a Technical Director of Nuclear Medicine, and an author.
Her current genre of writing is Greek mythological retellings. Her most recent release, an updated version of “The Dionysiaca,” details many unabridged Greek myths that she utilized as the source material for her upcoming book “Semele, Princess of Thebes.”

Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor living in southeast Georgia. She has been a practicing clinician since 2007, and has spent most of her career working with military service members and their families. Sarah’s passion is helping others work towards hope, healing, and creating new possibilities for their lives. Her newly released children’s book, King Zara, is a direct reflection of these ideals.  
Website: https://unbound-light.com/



Alyson Teal
My name is Aly and I am 32 years old. I am a wife and mother to three amazing, wild children.
 I have always loved writing and putting my imagination down on paper. I loved it so much that I
attended Georgia Southern University to study Writing and Linguistics. After college, however, I
didn’t use my writing skills much outside of the occasional thank you card or editing my sister’s
school essays. It was having my children that woke up the creative part of me that seemed to have
gone to sleep.
 I spent my nights reading them bedtime stories and my days helping them explore their own
creativity. I encouraged them to make things. I empowered them to bring their ideas to life, but I
soon realized that I wasn’t doing so myself.
So, I changed that. In 2023, I wrote and published my children’s book. I haven’t looked back since. 


Emily Cowart-Brown
Emily is a local to the Statesboro, Ga area.  She was born in Savannah, Ga and spent her childhood years in Claxton and Statesboro, Ga.  She earned her Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from Georgia Southern University, where she now works as an Academic Advisor.  She earned her Masters of Science with a focus on Biophysical Chemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Of her many roles in life, her most cherished are wife and mother.  She enjoys spending time with her children and going on adventures with them.  In her book, "Every Morning When Mommy Brushes my Hair," she writes to make a not so pleasant situation humorous. 



Dr. Deborah Kittrell-Mikell
Dr. Deborah (Nita) Kittrell-Mikell is a Baltimore, Maryland native who (when she
was growing up), spent many summers with the Kittrell’s in North Carolina.
Currently she’s employed with the Savannah Chatham County Public School
System for the School of Liberal Studies. Formerly she served as the Director of
Academic Advising at East Georgia State College and Coordinator of Academic
Advising for Georgia Southern University. She has been in the field of Education
for over 30 years but has always had an interest in listening to her elders talk
about how they survived hard times when they were growing up. These stories
inspired her to pursue genealogical research for the Kittrell family. She
completed her doctoral degree in 2017 at Georgia Southern University in
Educational Leadership. She is proficient in academic counseling and is a strong
supporter of pursuing a global education. She has taken classes in Segovia Spain,
attended workshops in Canada, has engaged educators in conversation about
student success at Malmö University in Malmö, Sweden, and conducted
presentations at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, and Zayed
University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is an active member of the North
Carolina Genealogical Society (NCGS). She continues to trace her ancestral
history using official and unofficial historical records. 



Helen Leonard
Mrs. Leonard is a Bulloch County native where she attended Southeast Bulloch High School in Brooklet. She also graduated from Georgia Southern College with a BS in Education and a major in mathematics. After retiring from a thirty year teaching career (mostly in Mount Airy, NC) she has been involved in various business ventures as well as volunteer positions. Helen married into the Leonard Family in 1968 and witness many unorthodox shenanigans by her brother-in-law, Tyson Leonard. Over the years many tales were shared and it was often said, “Someone should write a book about Tyson.” The only problem was, we didn’t know whether to label it as fiction or nonfiction as many events were unbelievable to normal people. After the passing of her husband, Pete, Helen approached Tyson with the possibility of writing a book. He was ecstatic about the idea and wanted everything told; no matter how damning the telling. However, Tyson’s untimely death eight months later as well as the shutting down of the country because of COVID, put the brakes on the progress of the book. Several years later she picked up the project again and with the help of over thirty interviews with relatives, childhood friends, classmates, business associates and gambling buddies, Helen was finally able to finish the book. Mount Airy, NC continues to be Helen’s home but her visits to her homeplace near Leefield are mandatory at Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as several pop-in visits throughout the year.
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-ultimate-high-roller



John Parrish
Dr. John Parrish became an avid birder in graduate school and conducted most of his research on avian biology. He has taught animal physiology and ornithology in Kansas, at Emporia State University, and at Georgia Southern University.



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David H. Hanks
Among the award winners of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize given to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), David H. Hanks held an International Nuclear Safeguards Inspector post at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, for several years. His seasoned experience in international nuclear nonproliferation and expertise in the operation of nuclear power plants provides a unique insight into the world Carson Griffin inhabits. Now living in Georgia, David has published several technical documents related to nuclear safeguards and wrote The Disappearance, a novel based on his mother’s disappearance in Georgia in 1972.
http://www.davidhhanks.com/