Richelle Putnam is a Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) Literary Artist and Teaching Artist and a Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC) Speaker. Her work has been published in Southern Writers Magazine, Birmingham Arts Journal, A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Daughters, A Cup of Comfort for Christmas Prayer, The Copperfield Review,and more. Her books include Lauderdale County, Mississippi: a Brief History (The History Press), Legendary Locals of Meridian, co-authored with June Davidson (Arcadia Press) and The Inspiring Life of Eudora Welty (The History Press).http://www.richelleputnam.net/