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My father was a college professor and we moved around a lot while he was teaching and pursuing various degrees. I was born in Florida, then moved to Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Wisconsin (yes, Wisconsin) before we finally settled in Oklahoma. I spent my formative years, sixth grade through my first two years of college, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. My parents were very proud of being Southerners and my grandmothers, cousins and most of our extended family still lived in Cordele, Georgia (where I spent most of my summer vacations). Thus, the locale for my Kudzu novels.

"Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes" and "The Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes" are actually my fourth and fifth novels. The first three sit in big boxes underneath my...more



My new novel, Summer in the South, has just launched and like modern authors everywhere, I'm busy trying to learn the intricacies of social media and internet marketing. Because therein lies the secret to riches and success and break-out novelist superstardom. Or so I've been told, by the thousands of bloggers who write about such things on a daily basis and whose advice I vainly and blindly t...

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Published on June 12, 2011 11:06 • 55 views
Average rating: 3.47 · 1,675 ratings · 348 reviews · 6 distinct works
Beach Trip
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 815 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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Summer in the South: A Novel
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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More of Cathy's books…
“I can’t just open myself up the way some people can. And down here, you’re raised a certain way. You’re taught to keep some things private, family matters especially. It’s just the way it’s done."

"Everyone worships the past but no one really wants to talk about it.”
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“Everyone has a different story, and you have to ask yourself what motivates people to see reality the way they do.”
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“Death smoothes the rough edges, obliterates the cruelties of the deceased. It makes heroes of monsters.”
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