Renea Winchester grew up in Bryson City, North Carolina. A small town once known for the production of textile products, that now welcomes tourists into the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains. She is the Award-winning author of: Outbound Train (Firefly Southern Fiction, April 2020); Bryson City Recipes (Make Your Mark Publishing, December 2022); Farming, Friends, &Fried Bologna Sandwiches (Mercer University Press); In The Garden With Billy: Lessons about Life, Love & Tomatoes (Little Creek Books). Her work has appeared in Appalachian Heritage, Georgia Backroads, Smoky Mountain Living, Longleaf Style, Georgia Magazine, as well as Georgia Public Radio 90.1 FM. She is a regular contributor to Smoky Mountain Living Magazine and is passionate about literacy. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reneawinche... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Renea-Winche...