Louise Shivers
Encyclopedia
Louise Shivers is an author
and writer-in-residence at Augusta State University
, Augusta, Georgia
.
She received a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship and has published two novels.
Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail' was named Best First Novel of the Year by USA TODAY in 1983 and was made into the feature film SUMMER HEAT . A stage play FAITH'S AFFAIR , based on the novel made its debut in 2006. A Whistling Woman garnered Shivers the Georgia Author of the Year award in 1993.
She is currently writing a novel set in Eastern North Carolina during the Civil War.
She and her writing partner, Tom O.Turner contribute to Columbia County Magazine , and lecture at Writers Conferences.
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and writer-in-residence at Augusta State University
Augusta State University
Augusta State University is a public university located in Augusta, Georgia, United States and is the oldest institution in the state of Georgia ....
, Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
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She received a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship and has published two novels.
Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail' was named Best First Novel of the Year by USA TODAY in 1983 and was made into the feature film SUMMER HEAT . A stage play FAITH'S AFFAIR , based on the novel made its debut in 2006. A Whistling Woman garnered Shivers the Georgia Author of the Year award in 1993.
She is currently writing a novel set in Eastern North Carolina during the Civil War.
She and her writing partner, Tom O.Turner contribute to Columbia County Magazine , and lecture at Writers Conferences.