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Beth Dotson Brown

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Beth Dotson Brown's debut novel, Rooted in Sunrise, was published in 2024. Beth is an award-winning feature writer, short story author, essayist and debut novelist. She is the author of Yes! I Am Catholic and contributor to A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors, Scenes from the Common Wealth, and The Bandana Book. Heartland Plays published her collection of one-act plays, Mothers, Daughters and the Spaces in Between. Her short stories have been published in literary magazines and aired on the BBC World Service Short Story Programme. Beth earned her journalism degree at Ball State University. Her writing has given her opportunities to visit with a king in Ghana, listen to the dreams of mothers in Guatemala and make friends with the mo ...more

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