Kathy Witt
Welcome!KATHY WITT is an author and travel writer. Her first novel, The Secret of the Belles, has just been released. She has published two books on dolls: Contemporary American Doll Artists & Their Dolls and the award-winning Doll Directory: A Guide to U.S. Doll Museums, Collections & Hospitals (Collector Books). Both are available in bookstores and through Amazon. Autographed books may be purchased directly from the author and at a discounted price. Click on belle's book for details.
Kathy is also a featured author in the new Bylines 2010 Calendar - available now. Not your ordinary daytimer, the Bylines 2010 Calendar is chock full of inspiration, humor and passion - just the sort of thing aspiring and working writers need to read on a daily basis to keep the creative juices flowing and the angst at bay. Visit the bookstore to order a copy. She is a contributing author, in the category of women in literature, to The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, which officially launched in early November. Published by the University Press of Kentucky, it was co-edited by Paul Tenkotte and James Claypool. Click on 'books' to learn more about this outstanding new resource. As a freelance writer, Kathy regularly contributes to these magazines: Atlanta-based Points North, Georgia, Kentucky Living, Long Weekends and Travel Goods Showcase, among others, and to these newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Courier Journal and The Tennessean. She also writes for the monthly “On the Doll Trail” column for Dolls Magazine. A member of the Midwest Travel Writers Association, she travels frequently through the U.S. southeast and Midwest. See some of Kathy's articles here: TravelLady Great balls of fire! Two Southern Belles on new Civil War tour Kentucky Living Magazine It's Hip to be Square Kentucky Living Magazine What's New in Travel & Tourism 2009 Georgia Magazine Immediate 'Wow!' Top three weekend home improvement projects The Atlanta Journal Constitution One-tank trip: Dawson County, GA Cincinnati Enquirer New attractions add to Chattanooga's Charm Points North Magazine Cruising the New Hospitality Highway, from the Banks of the Chattahoochee in Sandy Springs to the Rolling Mountains of Dahlonega Barry Etris' website Brush Strokes & Story Songs courtesy of Points North Magazine Dolls Magazine Discover the Atlanta Doll Scene Click on August 2009 cover, then "Contents," then "On The Doll Trail" Kathy has won numerous awards for her writing, including those from MTWA's Mark Twain Travel Writing Competition and from Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competitions in the features category. Kathy was awarded two scholarships, in 2009 and 2008, by the Southeast Tourism Society to attend its week-long Marketing College program in beautiful Dahlonega, Georgia. In the past three years, she has been awarded two grants from the Lilly Foundation to pursue graduate-level courses in the field of English Literature/Humanities. For one, she completed a children's book project entitled PEACE SOUP. For the other, she is working on a book project that resulted from her research. Kathy has written 26 children's books for Malaysia's ESL program, including the award-winning Teegan’s Travels series. Contact the author for more information about this early learning reading series. |
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