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Dorothea Benton Frank

Dorothea Benton Frank

Dorothea Benton Frank is the New York Times bestselling author of Full of Grace (William Morrow 2006), Pawley's Island (Berkley 2005), Shem Creek (Berkley 2004), Isle of Palms (Berkley 2003), Plantation (Jove 2001) and Sullivan's Island (Jove 2000).

She has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Parker Ladd’s Book Talk and many local network affiliated television stations. She is a frequent speaker on creative writing and the creative process for students of all ages and in private venues at the National Arts Club, the Junior League of New York, Friends of the Library organizations and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. She has also been a guest speaker at the South Carolina Book Festival, the Novello Festival of Reading, North Carolina’s Festival of the Book, and the Book and Author annual event in Charleston, South Carolina, sponsored by the Post & Courier.

Frank, who was born and raised on Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina, currently divides her time between South Carolina and New Jersey, where she and her husband are raising their two teenagers. Visit her on the web at www.dotfrank.com.