McCash, June Hall

June Hall McCash is the author, co-author, or editor of seven books,

six nonfiction works and a historical

novel, for which she won the 2011

Georgia Author of the Year Award for first novel. She holds PhD and MA degrees from Emory University and a BA from Agnes Scott College. Before becoming a full-time writer, McCash was founding director of the university honors program and chair of the department of Foreign Languages at Middle Tennessee State University. She and her husband divide their time between Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Jekyll Island, Georgia.