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Bachelor Degree

Department of Literature
and Language
Dr. Billy Reynolds
Chair
breynolds@abac.edu

Contact Information:
Department of Literature
and Language
Conger Hall
Phone: (229) 391-4959
Fax: (229) 391-4951

ABAC's Writer in Residence

Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Janice Daugharty joined Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College as the Writer-in-Residence on July 1, 2010. Daugharty is a familiar face to ABAC since she has lectured on several occasions and was the speaker at the Tom M. Cordell Lecture Series in 1996 for her novel Pawpaw Patch. As a part time Writer-in-Residence at ABAC, Daugharty will be active in campus events, including Celebrate ABAC, the college’s Homecoming; and George Scott Day, the annual celebration of the arts. She will also serve as a consultant and participant in conferences, guest lecture in ABAC classes through the School of Liberal Arts, and do public readings and book signings in conjunction with the Department of Literature and Language, as well as with student literary organizations at the college. Daugharty has established a nationwide following as a storyteller of life and people in South Georgia and is one of the state's most admired and creative present-day authors. Pawpaw Patch and Earl in the Yellow Shirt, her 1997 novel, were both listed in “Best Books of the Nineties.” She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1997 for Earl in the Yellow Shirt. The film rights to Dark of the Moon, her 1994 novel, were purchased by the Hallmark Corp., in 1994 and were optioned by Rose Film Productions in 2005.