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by Susan Doherty Osteen (Author), Sandy Richardson (Author)
Just like the people of the state, the stories found in Wild, Wonderful 'n Wacky, South Cackalacky are original and spirited. These true accounts about life in South Carolina are personal stories written from the heart by the people who live here. They comprise a testament to the state slogan "Smiling faces and Beautiful places" and create a collective, personalized account of who we were and who we are-strong individualists who have lived, loved, laughed, and cried together. Read all about us-right here. Be amazed. Wonder at life in our beautiful state, South Cackalacky.
Author Biography
Sandy Richardson is an Honors Graduate of USC Columbia where she majored in Creative Writing and English. Her first novel, The Girl Who Ate Chicken Feet, was published by Dial Books for Young Readers (1998) and received a nomination for the South Carolina Junior Book Award and a listing on Bank Street College's Best Children's Books 1998. Her other works have appeared in several magazines and anthologies. Her nonfiction piece, "Nana's Basket" was published in The Pettigru Review and received a Pushcart Nomination. Sandy also compiled and edited an anthology His Mother! Women Write about Their Mothers-in-law with Humor, Frustration, and Love, published by Southern Sass Publishing Alliances (2016), where she serves as editor-in-chief. His Mother was a finalist in the nonfiction anthology category for American BookFest Awards for Best Books of 2017. For more information visit: www.SouthernSassPublishingAlliances.com Susan Doherty Osteen is an Honors Graduate of Journalism from TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, She has worked for a variety of newspapers and non-profit organizations. In 2010 after more than a decade of collaborative research, she published Tracing a Legacy, a 950 page tomb chronicling her family's ranching empire from County Donegal, Ireland, to the American Wild West. Her essay about her mother-in-law is published in His Mother. Susan lives in South Carolina with her husband and two children. She continues to write for regional publications and is working on a three-part novel, as well as attending graduate school at USC Columbia in the MFA program.
