Donny Bailey Seagraves
P.O. Box 556
Winterville, GA 30683
706-742-5052
donnyseagraves@gmail.com
Website: donnyseagraves.com
Blog: wintervillewriter.com
Author: GONE FROM THESE WOODS, a children's middle grade novel, August 2009, published by Random House's Delacorte Press
Freelance Writer, 1983 - present. Fiction and nonfiction for adults and children published in many regional and national magazines and newspapers including: Chicago Tribune, Mature Living, Grit, The Lookout, Woman's Touch, The Roswell (New Mexico) Literary Review, Family Times, Teen Power and many more.
Newspaper columnist, Athens Observer, one year.
Newspaper columnist for The Athens Daily News, six years.
Frequent contributer and Bookshelf Columnist for the regional lifestyle publication, Athens Magazine, 1993 - 2009.
Owner: Junebug Books, a rare, used and out-of-print business on the internet. 1998 - 2009. Acquired, catalogued in Bookhound, a Filemaker Pro database, and sold rare, used and out-of-print books in JunebugBookstore.com plus many other online sales venues, including: Amazon.com, eBay, Alibris, Advanced Book Exchange (ABE), Biblio.com. To read how I got started selling books online, check out the ABE Bookseller's profile I wrote for their website. Was one of the first third-party sellers on Amazon.com.
Other job experience:
Social Security Claims Development Clerk, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, five years, Athens, Georgia Regional Office. Developed and processed Social Security and Supplemental Security retirement and disability claims. While employed there received the Regional Office Outstanding Achievement Award.
Library Assistant, Winterville Elementary School, one and one half years. Cataloged books, assisted with school library activities.
Other experience:
Winterville City Councilmember, five years. While serving my town as an elected official, I was Acting Mayor for 3 and a half months, Mayor Pro Tem for four years, Public Safety Chairperson for four years, Public Works Co-Chairperson, one year.
Professional Affiliations:
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Member, Southern Breeze Region; Author's Guild Member
Awards:
McNaughton First Novelist, Brodart, Sandhills Writers Conference, Augusta, Georgia, Honorary Mention for Children's Literature
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement and cash award from Social Security Adninistration Regional Office
Conference and Presentation Experience:
2009 Harriette Austin Writers Conference, Athens, GA, Writing For Middle Grades and Selling Your First Novel
2009 AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA, Writing Middle Grade Novels
2009 SIBA, Greenville, SC, Writing the South
2009 Southern Festival of Books, TBA
