 Ted
Dunagan, named 2009 Georgia Author of
the Year in the young adult category for his debut novel, A Yellow Watermelon.
The sequel to this novel, Secret of the Satilfa, was published in 2010, and has
also been nominated for the same award. The third in the series, Trouble on the
Tombigbee, is due to be published in August of 2011. Dunagan has conducted well
over 100 author events and presented to almost 8,000 elementary and middle
school students. He also writes news, sports, features and a weekly column for
The Monticello News, in Monticello, Georgia, where he lives. |