Suzy Barile

"Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General" won a Silver Medal IPPY from Independent Publisher in the 2010 awards competition. It competed in the South East Region Non-Fiction category. It has also been recognized by the N.C. Press Club (1st Place - non-fiction) and the National Federation of Press Women (Honorable Mention - Non-fiction), as well as a Willie Peace Award from the N.C. Society of Historians.

SUZY BARILE

After a 25-year career as a newspaper reporter and editor, Suzy Barile retired as an Associate Professor of English at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, N.C. She is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned a master's degree from North Carolina State University.

An award-winning writer, Suzy Barile has contributed to the North Carolina Encyclopedia (ed. William S. Powell) and the Book of American Traditions (ed. Emyl Jenkins). Her articles have appeared in the Cary (NC) News, Triangle (NC) Business Journal, News & Observer, among other publications.

In 2001, Suzy Barile won a Paul Green Multi-Media Award from the N.C. Society of Historians for her presentation of "The Governor's Daughter and The Yankee General." She is co-editor of the not-yet-published "The Papers of Richard Caswell," North Carolina's first Revolutionary War-era governor.

Suzy Barile is available for speaking engagements. Contact her at suzyb3@gmail.com

Read her blog at http://suzybarile.blogspot.com/