Olivia deBelle Byrd

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OLIVIA deBELLE BYRD knows what it is like to grow up amid Southern traditions, and her most recent book, SAVE MY PLACE (Mercer 2014) is a coming-of-age story that earned the 2015 Gold Medal for Florida Fiction from the Florida Publishers Association and a second Gold Medal for Cover Design. Olivia’s first book of humorous anecdotes, MISS HILDRETH WORE BROWN: ANECDOTES OF A SOUTHERN BELLE, was awarded two Silver Medals from the Florida Publishers Association.

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Olivia has delighted audiences across the South with her humorous vignettes and tales of classic Southern personalities you are sure to appreciate.

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The daughter of one of the first Pepsi bottlers in the South, Olivia is a longtime resident of Panama City, where she lives with her husband Tommy, and today, in addition to writing, she enjoys visiting family, especially her grandchildren.

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Learn More: oliviadebellebyrd.com