Carolyn O'Neal

● Author and Environmentalist

● First novel KINGSLEY published November, 2015

● Winner of The Hook’s 2013 Short Story Contest, judged by bestselling author John Grisham

● Founding member of BACCA Literary (http://baccaliterary.com/)

● Presenter at the 2013 and 2015 Virginia Festival of the Book and at the 2015 Virginia Writers Club Symposium

● Volunteers for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Program, Carolyn collects restaurant-generated oyster shells for the Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration efforts at sanctuary sites.

● Former Manager of the Peacock Hill Service Company, a local water and sewer company in Ivy, Virginia. Currently serving on the Board of Directors.

● Cancer survivor diagnosed and treated at the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center at UVA.