On Thursday, March 15, 2018, at 7:00 PM, John C. Campbell
Folk School and NC Writers' Network-West will sponsor The Literary Hour, an
hour of writers reading, is held at Keith House on the JCCFS campus, in Brasstown,
NC. This event is held on the third Thursday of the month unless otherwise
indicated. The reading is free of charge and open to the public. This month's
featured readers will be Bob Grove and Deanna K. Klingel.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bob now lives in the mountains of
North Carolina. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Kent State University and his
Master of Science at Florida Atlantic University. His diversified curriculum
enabled him to teach courses in English, journalism, creative writing, physics,
chemistry, biology and psychology.
Bob has been an ABC-TV public affairs director, an on-air
personality, and the founder and publisher of Monitoring Times magazine. A
prose critique facilitator for the North Carolina Writers’ Network and an
officer with the Ridgeline Literary Alliance, he has published seventeen books
and hundreds of articles in sixteen national magazines. All Grove’s
publications are available on Amazon Kindle, and he can be found online at
www.bobgrove.org . Bob's readings entertain, and his audience laughs with
delight at his humor.
Deanna Klingel calls Sapphire Valley NC home. She was born
and raised in Michigan, left MSU with her husband Dave and lived in New York,
Ohio, Kentucky, Raleigh, NC, Maryland, Atlanta and finally retired to the mountains. A compulsive writer all her life, she never
sought publication until their seven children were grown and gone from home.
Klingel writes primarily, not exclusively, for young adult
readers. She has thirteen books published and others in the que. In addition,
one of the picture books is also in Spanish, and there are teacher/classroom
study guides for two historical fictions. Many of the books have received
recognitions and awards. Two of her short stories were contest winners. She's a
member of SCBWI, ACFW, Catholic Writers Guild, and NCWN. She blogs twice a week
at booksbydeanna.com, and travels with her books across the South and beyond,
appearing at schools, museums, and events. Her books are widely distributed and
are available wherever books are sold. Klingel’s website is: www.BooksByDeanna.com.
For more information, please call the John C. Campbell Folk School at: 828-837-2775, or Mary Ricketson at: 828-361-0721.
