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Darrell Laurant

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Sanford ,NC, The United States

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I retired in 2013 after 30 years as the local columnist for the News & Advance, a mid-sized daily newspaper in Lynchburg, VA, then moved to Lake George, NY. There, my wife and I are taking care of my 90-year-old mother, and I'm reinventing myself as a freelance writer and author. My first novel, "The Kudzu Kid," came out last October, centered on a weekly newspaper in a fictional Virginia county. My latest project is "Snowflakes in a Blizzard," a free writers' service designed to lift authors out of the blizzard of books currently on the marketplace and give them some one-on-time with visitors to the blog. Born in North Carolina, I grew up ion Syracuse, NY and graduated from Belmont Abbey College. I previously published two non-fiction book ...more

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	The Kudzu Kid 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inspiration Street: Two City Blocks That Helped Change America 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A CITY UNTO ITSELF Lynchburg, Virginia in the 20th Century it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembering Lynchburg and Central Virginia: Articles from the News & Advance 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembering Lynchburg and Central Virginia: Articles from the News and Advance 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

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